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Music Schools in Tennessee

Tennessee contains 37 schools that offer music programs. Vanderbilt University, the highest-ranking music school in TN, has a total student population of 12,506 and is the 17th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 37 music schools in Tennessee, only 7 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Rhodes College comes out as the most expensive ($25,801/yr), with Hiwassee College as the lowest recorded at only $5,858/yr.

Music students from Tennessee 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.

Also, within the music schools in Tennessee, the average student population is 2,002 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from music, there are 4116 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,154 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,032, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Music Programs in Tennessee

Vanderbilt University

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Theory and Composition
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Rhodes College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Sewanee: The University of the South

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Milligan College

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Visible School-Music and Worships Arts College

• Music Management and Merchandising
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Martin Methodist College

• Religious/Sacred Music
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Bryan College

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Maryville College

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Theory and Composition
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Cumberland University

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Tennessee Temple University

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Hiwassee College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

The University of Tennessee

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Belmont University

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Music Management and Merchandising
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Pedagogy
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Music Theory and Composition
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Music, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Union University

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Religious/Sacred Music
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Theory and Composition
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Middle Tennessee State University

• Music Management and Merchandising
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Tennessee Technological University

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Freed-Hardeman University

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Lipscomb University

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Theory and Composition
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

The University of Tennessee-Martin

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Southern Adventist University

• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Theory and Composition
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

East Tennessee State University

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Lee University

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Religious/Sacred Music
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Music, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Carson-Newman College

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Theory and Composition
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Fisk University

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Tennessee State University

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Tennessee Wesleyan College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Trevecca Nazarene University

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Religious/Sacred Music
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Management and Merchandising
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Bethel College

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Religious/Sacred Music
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Austin Peay State University

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Lincoln Memorial University

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Free Will Baptist Bible College

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
• Religious/Sacred Music
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Lambuth University

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Lane College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Nashville State Technical Community College

• Music, Other
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Le Moyne-Owen College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Columbia State Community College

• Music, Other
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

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Tennessee Interesting Facts

• The city of Kingston served as Tennessee's state capital for one day (September 21, 1807) as a result of treaties negotiated with the Cherokee Indians. The two-hour legislative session passed two resolutions and adjourned back to Knoxville.
• Andrew Johnson held every elective office at the local, state, and federal level, including President of the United States. He was elected alderman, mayor, state representative, and state senator from Greeneville. He served as governor and military governor of Tennessee and United States congressman, senator, and vice president, becoming President of the United States following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
• Iroquois, bred at Nashville's Belle Meade Plantation, was the first American winner of the English Derby in 1881. Such modern thoroughbreds as Secretariat trace their bloodlines to Iroquois.
• Actress-singer Polly Bergen, from Knoxville, is the first woman to serve on the Board of Directors of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
• Tennessee won its nickname as The Volunteer State during the War of 1812 when volunteer soldiers from Tennessee displayed marked valor in the Battle of New Orleans.

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