Rank/School Average reputation score (5 = highest)1. University of Rochester-Eastman School of Music (NY) 4.92. Indiana University-Bloomington 4.82. Juilliard School (NY) 4.84. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 4.75. Curtis Institute of Music (PA) 4.56. New England Conservatory of Music (MA) 4.46. Northwestern University (IL) 4.46. Oberlin College Conservatory (OH) 4.46. University of Cincinnati 4.46. University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign 4.46. Yale University (CT) 4.412. Florida State University 4.312. Manhattan School of Music (NY) 4.312. University of Southern California 4.315. Johns Hopkins University-Peabody (MD) 4.215. University of North Texas 4.217. Cleveland Institute of Music 4.117. University of Texas-Austin 4.119. Arizona State University 4.020. Mannes College of Music (NY) 3.920. Rice University (TX) 3.920. University of Colorado-Boulder 3.920. University of Wisconsin-Madison 3.924. Ohio State University 3.824. University of Hartford-Hartt (CT) 3.826. San Francisco Conservatory of Music 3.726. SUNY-Stony Brook 3.726. University of Kansas 3.726. University of Miami 3.730. Boston University 3.630. Michigan State University 3.630. Temple University (PA) 3.630. University of Arizona 3.630. University of Maryland-College Park 3.630. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 3.630. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 3.630. University of North Carolina-Greensboro 3.630. University of Washington 3.630. Westminster Choir College (NJ) 3.640. Boston Conservatory 3.540. Ithaca College (NY) 3.540. Louisiana State University and A&M College 3.540. North Carolina School of the Arts 3.540. Southern Methodist University (TX) 3.540. University of Missouri-Kansas City 3.546. Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 3.446. University of Oklahoma 3.446. University of Oregon 3.449. Baylor University (TX) 3.349. Brigham Young University (UT) 3.349. California State University-Northridge 3.349. Catholic University of America (DC) 3.349. CUNY-Brooklyn College 3.349. DePaul University (IL) 3.349. Penn State University-University Park 3.349. University of California-Santa Barbara 3.349. University of Louisville (KY) 3.349. University of Northern Colorado 3.349. Wichita State University (KS) 3.360. Bowling Green State University (OH) 3.260. Duquesne University (PA) 3.260. Rutgers-New Brunswick (NJ) 3.260. SUNY-Buffalo 3.260. SUNY-Potsdam 3.260. University of Florida 3.260. University of Georgia 3.260. University of Houston 3.260. University of Kentucky 3.260. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 3.260. University of South Carolina 3.260. University of Utah 3.260. Washington University (MO) 3.273. Northern Illinois University 3.173. San Diego State University 3.173. San Francisco State University 3.173. Syracuse University (NY) 3.173. University of Alabama 3.173. University of Massachusetts-Amherst 3.173. University of Missouri-Columbia 3.173. University of Northern Iowa 3.173. University of Southern Mississippi 3.173. University of the Arts (PA) 3.173. University of the Pacific (CA) 3.173. West Virginia University 3.173. Western Michigan University 3.186. Ball State University (IN) 3.086. California State University-Los Angeles 3.086. SUNY-Binghamton 3.086. SUNY-Fredonia 3.086. University of Connecticut 3.086. University of Delaware 3.086. University of Tennessee-Knoxville 3.086. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 3.094. Emory University (GA) 2.994. Illinois State University 2.994. Indiana State University 2.994. Kent State University (OH) 2.994. Miami University (OH) 2.994. Northern Arizona University 2.994. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (TX) 2.994. Texas Christian University 2.994. Texas Tech University 2.994. University of Redlands (CA)