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Music Schools in Virginia

Virginia contains 28 schools that offer music programs. Washington and Lee University, the highest-ranking music school in VA, has a total student population of 2,153 and is the 47th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 28 music schools in Virginia, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Shenandoah University comes out as the most expensive ($26,157/yr), with Radford University as the lowest recorded at only $8,996/yr.

Music students from Virginia 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 Virginia, the average student population is 3,287 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from music, there are 3782 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,568 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,181, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Music Programs in Virginia

Washington and Lee University

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

James Madison University

• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

University of Richmond

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Mary Washington

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia Commonwealth University

• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Hollins University

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Eastern Mennonite University

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Roanoke College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Sweet Briar College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Randolph-Macon College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Lynchburg College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Emory and Henry College

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Shenandoah University

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Music Therapy/Therapist
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Music Theory and Composition
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, Other
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Musicology and Ethnomusicology
  

Virginia Wesleyan College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Mary Baldwin College

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia State University

• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Southern Virginia University

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

George Mason University

• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Old Dominion University

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Radford University

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Christopher Newport University

• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Averett University

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Randolph College

• Music History, Literature, and Theory
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Theory and Composition
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Bridgewater College

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music History, Literature, and Theory
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Liberty University

• Religious/Sacred Music
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Bluefield College

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Norfolk State University

• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia Union University

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

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Virginia Interesting Facts

• Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.
• The major cash crop of Virginia is tobacco and many of the people who live there earn their living from the tobacco industry.
• Jamestown, the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Silk to be traded with the Court of King James. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), sericulturist planted tobacco as a cash crop.
• Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.
• Virginia is known as "the birthplace of a nation".

Top National Parks in Virginia:

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See Also

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• Online Music Schools
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