Rochester Hills, MI (population: 68,883) has one music school within its city limits. Rochester College has a total student population of 892. It is the 3247th highest ranked school in the USA and the 74th highest in the state of Michigan (#1 is Kalamazoo College).
Music students from Rochester Hills schools who go on to become musicians, producers, vocalists, guitarists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 47,260 people working as musicians and singers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $0.
Rochester Hills lies in Oakland county, which is one of the 62 counties in Michigan. Overall, the Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills Metropolitan area has 1,060,520 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.7% unemployment rate, $22.33/hr average worker wage, and a $46,440 average annual salary.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Rochester College ends up costing a student $15,283/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Rochester Hills |
| Auburn Hills | MI | - | 2 | 5.8467 | 61 | 4.0 miles |
| Bloomfield Township | MI | 41,179 | 0 | - | 0 | 8.4 miles |
| Sterling Heights | MI | 127,075 | 1 | 28.9156 | 3 | 9.1 miles |
| Royal Oak | MI | 56,742 | 1 | 28.1635 | 4 | 11.1 miles |
| Waterford | MI | 75,011 | 1 | 16.3502 | 6 | 11.7 miles |
| Madison Heights | MI | - | 2 | 27.3656 | 17 | 13.0 miles |
| West Bloomfield Township | MI | 71,474 | 0 | - | 0 | 13.2 miles |
| Clinton Township | MI | - | 2 | 7.68254 | 63 | 13.5 miles |
| Southfield | MI | 75,151 | 8 | 20.9451 | 96 | 14.1 miles |
| Warren | MI | 133,470 | 6 | 23.1927 | 131 | 14.1 miles |
| Ferndale | MI | - | 1 | 11.6923 | 4 | 14.5 miles |
| Farmington Hills | MI | 78,114 | 1 | 0.013626 | 0 | 16.8 miles |
| Saint Clair Shores | MI | 59,971 | 1 | 11.5792 | 3 | 18.6 miles |
| Detroit | MI | 901,160 | 11 | 18.127 | 476 | 20.3 miles |
| Novi | MI | 54,922 | 1 | 10.8219 | 16 | 21.3 miles |
| Dearborn Heights | MI | 49,619 | 0 | - | 0 | 24.2 miles |
| Dearborn | MI | 82,453 | 3 | 34.0016 | 184 | 25.0 miles |
| Westland | MI | 75,634 | 1 | 16.8264 | 4 | 26.7 miles |
| Canton | MI | 94,521 | 12 | 27.6578 | 316 | 29.8 miles |
| Taylor | MI | 58,134 | 1 | 26.0382 | 3 | 30.9 miles |
| Flint | MI | 109,751 | 7 | 25.2834 | 318 | 36.2 miles |
| Ann Arbor | MI | 113,880 | 5 | 27.5859 | 183 | 39.7 miles |
| Port Huron | MI | - | 5 | 17.4204 | 129 | 42.7 miles |
| Saginaw | MI | 54,388 | 2 | 17.8155 | 7 | 65.5 miles |
| East Lansing | MI | 45,575 | 2 | 19.4594 | 4 | 67.3 miles |
| Lansing | MI | 112,579 | 5 | 18.9833 | 209 | 70.7 miles |
| Sylvania | OH | - | 2 | 12.7922 | 52 | 71.6 miles |
| Toledo | OH | 288,207 | 7 | 20.3804 | 301 | 73.1 miles |
| University Center | MI | - | 2 | 19.8891 | 261 | 74.2 miles |
| Spring Arbor | MI | - | 1 | 60.8655 | 91 | 78.0 miles |