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Best Schools for Music Management in North Carolina
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the music management degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Music Management
Appalachian State University tops our 2026 ranking of the best music management schools. This very large public university is located in the town of Boone. About 74% of students finish within six years. There were roughly 19 music management students who graduated with this degree at Appalachian State University in the most recent data year. Music Management graduates of Appalachian State University earn a median of $28,357 early in their careers. Appalachian State University graduates carry a median of $24,412 in student loans.
Get the full music management details for Appalachian State University
Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 4 schools evaluated.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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