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Tennessee · United States

Music Schools in Nashville

8 researched institutions with a campus here, offering 45 music programs. Only actual campuses count; fully online programs are listed separately.

Programs by award and subject in Nashville

  • Belmont University building 2 (photograph from the Wikimedia Commons category Belmont University)
    Belmont University logo

    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

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  • Fisk University Library, Nashville, Tenn (74045) (photograph from the Wikimedia Commons category Fisk University)
    Fisk University logo

    Fisk University

    Nashville, Tennessee, United States

    Department of Music

    University

    BA / BA (Hons)

    1 researched program

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  • Lipscomb University logo

    Lipscomb University

    Nashville, Tennessee, United States

    School of Music

    University

    BA / BA (Hons), BM / BMus, BS / BSc

    7 researched programs

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  • SAE Institute Nashville logo

    SAE Institute Nashville

    Nashville, Tennessee, United States

    SAE Institute Nashville

    Institute

    Other bachelor’s award, Other diploma

    2 researched programs

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  • Tennessee State University logo

    Tennessee State University

    Nashville, Tennessee, United States

    Department of Music

    University

    Other master’s award, BS / BSc

    2 researched programs

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  • Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, Tennessee, United States

    Blair School of Music

    University

    Other bachelor’s award, BM / BMus

    5 researched programs

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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 Nashville: what the researched records show

Our researched records for Nashville cover 8 institutions (Belmont University, Fisk University, Lipscomb University, Nashville State Community College and 4 more) with 45 music programs taught at a campus here. Fully online programs are not counted as local.

By level: 1 certificate, 1 diploma, 34 bachelor’s programs and 9 master’s 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, Composition, General Music Studies, Jazz Studies, Music Business and Industry, Music Education, Music Performance, Music Production and 7 more.

Instruments with a verified degree or principal-study pathway here: Classical Voice, Contemporary Voice, Drum Set, 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.

12 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.