Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, Tennessee, United States
Department of Music
University
BS / BSc, BM / BMus, MM / MMus, BA / BA (Hons)
4 researched programs
United States
Music Schools in Tennessee
31 researched institutions with a campus here, offering 161 music programs. Only actual campuses count; fully online programs are listed separately.
Cities in Tennessee with researched programs
Programs by award and subject in Tennessee
- Bachelor’s · Music Performance (29)
- Bachelor’s · General Music Studies (25)
- Bachelor’s · Music Education (25)
- Bachelor’s · Sacred and Church Music (10)
- Master’s · Music Education (10)
- Bachelor’s · Composition (9)
- Bachelor’s · Music Business and Industry (8)
- Bachelor’s · Piano (8)
- Bachelor’s · Audio Engineering and Recording (7)
- Bachelor’s · Popular and Contemporary Music (7)
- Master’s · Music Performance (7)
- Master’s · Composition (5)
- Master’s · Conducting (5)
- Bachelor’s · Jazz Studies (4)
- Bachelor’s · Music Production (4)
- Bachelor’s · Music Therapy (4)
- Bachelor’s · Opera and Vocal Studies (4)
- Bachelor’s · Songwriting (4)
- Bachelor’s · Music Technology (3)
- Bachelor’s · Music Theory (3)
- Master’s · Collaborative Piano and Accompaniment (3)
- Master’s · Jazz Studies (3)
- Master’s · Musicology and Music History (3)
- Bachelor’s · Musicology and Music History (2)
- Certificate · Music Education (2)
- Certificate · Opera and Vocal Studies (2)
- Master’s · Audio Engineering and Recording (2)
- Master’s · Piano (2)
31 schools
Belmont University
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
School of Music (College of Music & Performing Arts)
University
BM / BMus, MS / MSc, Other bachelor’s award, MM / MMus, BA / BA (Hons)
21 researched programs
Bethel University
McKenzie, Tennessee, United States
Bethel University Music Department
University
BM / BMus, BA / BA (Hons), BS / BSc
6 researched programs
Bryan College
Dayton, Tennessee, United States
Music (Performing Arts)
College
BA / BA (Hons)
2 researched programs
Carson-Newman University
Jefferson City, Tennessee, United States
Music Department
University
BM / BMus, BA / BA (Hons)
5 researched programs
Cumberland University
Lebanon, Tennessee, United States
Cumberland University Music Program
University
Other bachelor’s award, BM / BMus
5 researched programs
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States
Department of Music
University
BA / BA (Hons), BM / BMus, MM / MMus
4 researched programs
Fisk University
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Department of Music
University
BA / BA (Hons)
1 researched program
Freed-Hardeman University
Henderson, Tennessee, United States
Department of Creative and Communication Arts (Music)
University
BA / BA (Hons)
1 researched program
Johnson University
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Johnson University music programs
University
Other bachelor’s award, BM / BMus
3 researched programs
Lane College
Jackson, Tennessee, United States
Music (Division of Liberal Studies and Education)
College
Other bachelor’s award
1 researched program
Lee University
Cleveland, Tennessee, United States
School of Music
University
Other bachelor’s award, BA / BA (Hons), BM / BMus, BS / BSc
6 researched programs
Lipscomb University
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
School of Music
University
BA / BA (Hons), BM / BMus, BS / BSc
7 researched programs
Maryville College
Maryville, Tennessee, United States
Music Department
College
Other bachelor’s award, BA / BA (Hons), BM / BMus
3 researched programs
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States
School of Music
University
BM / BMus, BS / BSc, BA / BA (Hons), Certificate, MM / MMus, MFA
22 researched programs
Nashville State Community College
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Music Technology (Nashville State)
College
Certificate
1 researched program
Rhodes College
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Department of Music
College
Other bachelor’s award
1 researched program
SAE Institute Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
SAE Institute Nashville
Institute
Other bachelor’s award, Other diploma
2 researched programs
Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, Tennessee, United States
School of Music
University
BS / BSc, BM / BMus
2 researched programs
Tennessee State University
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Department of Music
University
Other master’s award, BS / BSc
2 researched programs
Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, Tennessee, United States
School of Music
University
BM / BMus
2 researched programs
Tennessee Wesleyan University
Athens, Tennessee, United States
Music (Tennessee Wesleyan University)
University
Other bachelor’s award
2 researched programs
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Department of Music
University
BM / BMus, BA / BA (Hons), MM / MMus
9 researched programs
The University of Tennessee at Martin
Martin, Tennessee, United States
Department of Music
University
BA / BA (Hons), MM / MMus, BM / BMus
3 researched programs
How results are ordered: alphabetically by institution, or by most recently checked when you choose that sort. There is no price ranking, because tuition in different currencies, fee categories and bases (per year, per credit, whole program) is not comparable. A program appears under a subject only through a verified link (dedicated degree, major, concentration or documented pathway). A value we could not verify is shown as “not published”, never as “no”. Items marked Sponsored are paid placements; they never change verification or order. Online programs are not counted as physically located in a state or city, and an institution’s location does not tell you whether it enrols students from your country.
Music education in Tennessee: what the researched records show
Our researched records for Tennessee cover 31 institutions (Austin Peay State University, Belmont University, Bethel University, Bryan College and 27 more) with 161 music programs taught at a campus here. Fully online programs are not counted as local.
By level: 7 certificates, 1 diploma, 119 bachelor’s programs, 29 master’s programs and 5 doctoral programs. Awards are shown exactly as the institutions title them; a certificate or diploma is never presented as a degree.
Subjects with a verified link to a program here: Audio Engineering and Recording, Collaborative Piano and Accompaniment, Composition, Conducting, Ethnomusicology, General Music Studies, Jazz Studies, Music Business and Industry and 11 more.
Instruments with a verified degree or principal-study pathway here: Classical Voice, Contemporary Voice, Drum Set, Percussion, Piano, Saxophone, Trombone and Trumpet.
None of the programs here yet carries a program-level accreditation record in our data. That reflects what we have verified so far, not a judgement about the programs.
Admissions: of the programs listed, 12 require an audition.
13 programs publish tuition, each shown in its own currency, fee category and basis (per year, per credit or whole program), which is why tuition is never ranked across programs. 5 programs list funding.