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CIP 50.0901 Visual and Performing Arts

Music, General

IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education · 2025

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Total graduates

10,571

2025 · 971 schools

International share

6.9%

730 international students

Bachelor's degrees

7,135

3.0% international

Master's degrees

1,617

17.5% international

Overview

Music, General is a versatile and comprehensive field of study that encompasses various aspects of music theory, history, performance, and composition. This program is designed for students who possess a passion for music but may not wish to specialize in a specific genre or instrument. It provides a broad foundation that allows students to explore different musical styles and traditions, fostering a deep appreciation for the art form.

In a Music, General program, students typically engage in coursework that covers music theory, ear training, music appreciation, and music history. They may also participate in ensemble performances, individual lessons, and master classes, allowing them to develop their skills as musicians and performers. This program often encourages creativity and innovation, enabling students to experiment with composition and arrangement.

Moreover, Music, General programs often emphasize the cultural and social significance of music, encouraging students to analyze the impact of music on society throughout history. Graduates of this program are well-prepared for various career paths in the music industry, including roles in education, performance, music therapy, and arts administration. Additionally, they may choose to further their studies in specialized areas such as musicology, ethnomusicology, or music education.

Overall, Music, General provides a rich and dynamic educational experience for aspiring musicians and scholars, equipping them with the skills and knowledge to thrive in the diverse world of music.

Graduates by year

Graduates by degree level (first and second majors)

AssociateBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoral

From 2002 to 2025, graduates grew 23% and the international share went from 5.8% to 6.9%.

International share (%)
Graduates by group, 2025
White
55.2%
Asian
5.2%
Hispanic
17.1%
Black
7.6%
Other
8.0%
Intl.
6.9%

Colleges that award this degree

In 2025, 971 schools awarded this degree as a first major. The table lists those in the 2027 U.S. News National or Liberal Arts rankings, plus the unranked schools with the most graduates.

RankSchoolStateGraduatesInternational
#2 Princeton University New Jersey 22 5
#3 Harvard University Massachusetts 19 8
#4 Yale University Connecticut 28 3
#5 Stanford University California 18 5
#7 University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 6 1
#8 Duke University North Carolina 13 5
#9 University of Chicago Illinois 5 0
#9 Northwestern University Illinois 22 1
#12 Dartmouth College New Hampshire 13 0
#12 Columbia University in the City of New York New York 24 2
#14 Cornell University New York 11 0
#16 Washington University in St Louis Missouri 7 2
#16 Brown University Rhode Island 21 2
#16 Rice University Texas 1 0
#20 University of California-Berkeley California 56 5
#20 University of California-Los Angeles California 38 8
#20 University of Notre Dame Indiana 8 0
#23 Georgetown University D.C. 1 1
#23 Emory University Georgia 4 0
#25 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Michigan 8 1
#26 University of Virginia-Main Campus Virginia 21 2
#27 University of Southern California California 6 0
#27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill North Carolina 7 0
#29 University of California-San Diego California 19 2
#31 Boston College Massachusetts 2 0
#31 Tufts University Massachusetts 8 2
#31 New York University New York 23 6
#34 University of California-Davis California 28 2
#34 University of California-Irvine California 9 2
#34 University of Florida Florida 59 4
#34 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois 85 18
#34 Boston University Massachusetts 9 2
#34 The University of Texas at Austin Texas 110 23
#34 University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin 14 0
#42 Northeastern University Massachusetts 52 4
#44 University of California-Santa Barbara California 30 6
#44 Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Jersey 5 1
#44 Case Western Reserve University Ohio 8 1
#44 Ohio State University-Main Campus Ohio 56 6
#49 University of Maryland-College Park Maryland 72 8
#49 University of Rochester New York 7 2
#49 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Washington 6 0
#52 University of Georgia Georgia 62 14
#52 College of William and Mary Virginia 4 0
#52 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia 18 1
#55 Santa Clara University California 4 0
#55 University of Miami Florida 2 0
#55 The Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania 35 1
#55 Purdue University-Main Campus Indiana 6 1
#59 George Washington University D.C. 7 0
#59 Florida State University Florida 64 0
#59 Tulane University of Louisiana Louisiana 14 0
#59 Brandeis University Massachusetts 4 1
#59 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Massachusetts 48 3
#59 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minnesota 73 24
#59 Stony Brook University New York 13 1
#59 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pennsylvania 17 3
#69 Michigan State University Michigan 2 0
#72 Syracuse University New York 3 0
#73 University of Connecticut Connecticut 33 0
#73 Howard University D.C. 28 0
#73 Indiana University-Bloomington Indiana 7 1
#73 Rutgers University-Newark New Jersey 3 0
#73 Binghamton University New York 6 0
#80 University of California-Riverside California 21 3
#80 Pepperdine University California 7 0
#85 University of Delaware Delaware 38 6
#85 Fordham University New York 9 1
#85 University at Buffalo New York 4 0
#85 Southern Methodist University Texas 18 0
#90 Baylor University Texas 6 0
#90 Texas Christian University Texas 8 0
#95 American University D.C. 7 0
#95 University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois 4 0
#95 University of Missouri-Columbia Missouri 52 2
#95 Rutgers University--Camden New Jersey 2 0
#100 Auburn University Alabama 28 0
#100 Chapman University California 5 0
#100 University of San Diego California 3 0
#100 Florida International University Florida 50 5
#100 University of South Florida-Main Campus Florida 7 0
#100 University of Iowa Iowa 97 14
#100 Saint Louis University Missouri 1 0
#100 Creighton University Nebraska 1 0
#109 Loyola Marymount University California 9 0
#109 University of Colorado Boulder Colorado 14 2
#109 Fairfield University Connecticut 1 0
#109 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus New Hampshire 35 0
#109 Temple University Pennsylvania 5 0
#109 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Tennessee 73 4
#116 Iowa State University Iowa 17 0
#116 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Oklahoma 45 4
#116 University of Oregon Oregon 33 0
#116 Brigham Young University-Provo Utah 19 0
#121 Arizona State University-Tempe Arizona 76 13
#121 University of Arizona Arizona 50 8
#121 University of the Pacific California 2 0
#121 University of Denver Colorado 29 5
#121 University of Central Florida Florida 7 1
#121 Loyola University Chicago Illinois 5 0
#121 SUNY at Albany New York 4 0
#121 University of Dayton Ohio 3 0
#121 University of South Carolina-Columbia South Carolina 59 0
#121 George Mason University Virginia 19 2
#133 Clark University Massachusetts 10 0
#133 Miami University-Oxford Ohio 15 1
#133 University of Vermont Vermont 30 0
#137 University of Alabama at Birmingham Alabama 14 0
#137 California State University--Long Beach California 5 0
#137 San Diego State University California 3 0
#137 San Jose State University California 23 2
#137 Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Pennsylvania 3 0
#137 University of Houston Texas 79 16
#148 California State University-Los Angeles California 7 0
#148 Catholic University of America D.C. 9 2
#148 Mercer University Georgia 4 0
#148 University of Kansas Kansas 78 26
#148 University of Kentucky Kentucky 13 4
#148 University of Tulsa Oklahoma 2 0
#148 University of Rhode Island Rhode Island 22 3
#156 The University of Alabama Alabama 39 6
#156 California State University-Fullerton California 41 1
#156 Florida A&M University Florida 16 0
#156 Kansas State University Kansas 30 0
#156 University of St Thomas (MN) Minnesota 8 0
#156 Montclair State University New Jersey 72 0
#156 Seton Hall University New Jersey 3 0
#156 CUNY--City College New York 7 1
#156 Oregon State University Oregon 23 0
#156 University of Portland Oregon 1 0
#156 Duquesne University Pennsylvania 9 0
#169 Colorado State University-Fort Collins Colorado 63 5
#169 Bradley University Illinois 5 0
#169 DePaul University Illinois 1 0
#169 Butler University Indiana 2 0
#169 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska 61 4
#169 Monmouth University New Jersey 15 0
#169 University of North Carolina at Charlotte North Carolina 8 0
#179 University of Louisville Kentucky 54 4
#179 University of Mississippi Mississippi 33 2
#179 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Ohio 5 0
#179 University of Utah Utah 68 7
#186 California Lutheran University California 21 1
#186 University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii 18 0
#186 Wayne State University Michigan 56 0
#186 Texas Tech University Texas 93 13
#191 Samford University Alabama 2 0
#191 Florida Atlantic University Florida 19 4
#191 Drake University Iowa 1 0
#191 Rowan University New Jersey 40 2
#191 Adelphi University New York 1 0
#191 Hofstra University New York 8 0
#191 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Oklahoma 47 2
#191 Washington State University Washington 18 2
#202 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Louisiana 23 3
#202 University of Massachusetts-Boston Massachusetts 10 0
#202 East Carolina University North Carolina 40 0
#202 University of St. Thomas (TX) Texas 2 0
#208 California State University--Fresno California 18 0
#208 California State University-Sacramento California 11 0
#208 University of La Verne California 6 0
#208 University of Idaho Idaho 15 3
#208 Mississippi State University Mississippi 5 0
#208 University of North Carolina at Greensboro North Carolina 9 0
#208 Xavier University Ohio 5 0
#208 Willamette University Oregon 3 0
#208 Belmont University Tennessee 4 0
#208 University of North Texas Texas 118 3
#219 Illinois State University Illinois 37 9
#219 University of Nevada-Reno Nevada 20 3
#219 North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina 6 0
#219 University of North Carolina--Wilmington North Carolina 6 1
#227 San Francisco State University California 19 0
#227 Ball State University Indiana 17 9
#227 University of North Dakota North Dakota 6 4
#227 West Chester University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 37 0
#227 University of Texas-San Antonio Texas 49 2
#227 West Virginia University West Virginia 53 10
#236 University of Colorado Denver Colorado 84 0
#236 Bethel University Minnesota 1 0
#236 University of Nevada--Las Vegas Nevada 57 4
#236 North Dakota State University-Main Campus North Dakota 26 1
#236 Kent State University at Kent Ohio 10 1
#236 Pacific University Oregon 3 0
#236 Portland State University Oregon 1 0
#236 Chatham University Pennsylvania 3 0
#236 University of Texas-Arlington Texas 41 0
#250 Nova Southeastern University Florida 3 0
#250 University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Massachusetts 2 0
#250 University of Missouri--Kansas City Missouri 20 4
#250 New Mexico State University-Main Campus New Mexico 6 0
#250 South Dakota State University South Dakota 5 0
#250 Lipscomb University Tennessee 6 0
#250 University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Texas 32 1
#250 University of Wyoming Wyoming 9 4
#262 University of Alabama--Huntsville Alabama 6 0
#262 Aurora University Illinois 2 0
#262 University of Maine Maine 1 0
#262 Andrews University Michigan 4 0
#262 Central Michigan University Michigan 4 0
#262 George Fox University Oregon 1 0
#262 University of South Dakota South Dakota 20 1
#262 University of Texas--El Paso Texas 51 3
#262 Seattle Pacific University Washington 8 0
#276 Northern Arizona University Arizona 12 0
#276 Harding University Arkansas 3 0
#276 California Baptist University California 15 1
#276 Regis University Colorado 1 0
#276 University of New Haven Connecticut 4 0
#276 Western Michigan University Michigan 7 0
#276 University of Missouri--St. Louis Missouri 6 0
#276 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Ohio 6 2
#288 University of Hartford Connecticut 16 0
#288 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Illinois 19 5
#288 University of Indianapolis Indiana 3 0
#288 Wichita State University Kansas 8 0
#288 University of Memphis Tennessee 57 9
#288 Texas State University Texas 76 6
#288 Utah State University Utah 21 1
#288 University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Wisconsin 40 4
#299 Azusa Pacific University California 36 9
#299 Southern Connecticut State University Connecticut 6 0
#299 Boise State University Idaho 5 0
#299 University of Nebraska--Omaha Nebraska 24 1
#299 Tennessee Technological University Tennessee 21 0
#299 Concordia University Wisconsin Wisconsin 1 0
#308 Northern Illinois University Illinois 6 0
#308 Oakland University Michigan 2 0
#308 University of Southern Mississippi Mississippi 34 7
#308 Montana State University Montana 8 0
#308 North Carolina Central University North Carolina 6 0
#308 Abilene Christian University Texas 2 0
#308 University of the Incarnate Word Texas 2 0
#317 Xavier University of Louisiana Louisiana 4 0
#317 Morgan State University Maryland 9 0
#317 Kean University New Jersey 4 1
#317 University of Mary North Dakota 9 0
#317 Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Pennsylvania 25 1
#317 Prairie View A&M University Texas 13 0
#317 Marshall University West Virginia 4 1
#317 Augusta University Georgia 2 0
#328 Georgia Southern University Georgia 28 3
#328 East Tennessee State University Tennessee 23 4
#332 University of South Alabama Alabama 16 0
#332 Jacksonville University Florida 11 0
#332 Clark Atlanta University Georgia 2 0
#332 Texas A&M University--Kingsville Texas 42 1
#332 Texas Woman's University Texas 42 1
#332 University of Lynchburg Virginia 1 0
#342 University of Northern Colorado Colorado 84 17
#342 Mississippi College Mississippi 1 0
#342 Missouri State University Missouri 19 5
#342 Campbell University North Carolina 2 0
#342 University of Akron Ohio 3 0
#342 Cleveland State University Ohio 21 0
#342 University of Texas--Tyler Texas 14 0
#342 Kennesaw State University Georgia 3 0
#353 Jacksonville State University Alabama 35 0
#353 University of West Georgia Georgia 22 0
#353 Southern Illinois University--Edwardsville Illinois 21 1
#353 University of Louisiana--Lafayette Louisiana 16 0
#353 Plymouth State University New Hampshire 1 0
#353 University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 2 0
#365 Troy University Alabama 12 0
#365 Indiana State University Indiana 2 0
#365 Northern Kentucky University Kentucky 7 0
#365 William Carey University Mississippi 4 0
#365 Gardner-Webb University North Carolina 1 0
#365 Liberty University Virginia 6 0
#365 Eastern Washington University Washington 9 0
#376 University of Arkansas--Little Rock Arkansas 6 1
#376 University of Bridgeport Connecticut 5 0
#376 Barry University Florida 2 0
#376 Concordia University-Saint Paul Minnesota 2 0
#376 Belhaven University Mississippi 2 0
#376 Tennessee State University Tennessee 16 0
#382 Grand Canyon University Arizona 3 0
#382 Palm Beach Atlantic University Florida 5 0
#382 Southeastern University Florida 5 0
#382 Columbus State University Georgia 8 0
#382 Valdosta State University Georgia 9 0
#382 Chicago State University Illinois 1 0
#382 Concordia University-Chicago Illinois 2 0
#382 Roosevelt University Illinois 1 0
#382 University of New Orleans Louisiana 9 0
#382 University of Southern Maine Maine 4 0
#382 Wright State University-Main Campus Ohio 6 1
#382 Northeastern State University Oklahoma 3 0
#382 Southwestern Oklahoma State University Oklahoma 6 0
#382 Angelo State University Texas 10 0
#382 Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi Texas 19 0
#382 East Texas A&M University Texas 51 1
#382 Houston Christian University Texas 2 0
#382 Lamar University Texas 37 0
#382 Tarleton State University Texas 18 0
#382 Texas Southern University Texas 8 0
#382 Texas Wesleyan University Texas 3 0
#382 Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Puerto Rico 5 0
LAC #1 Williams College Massachusetts 9 0
LAC #2 Amherst College Massachusetts 1 0
LAC #3 Pomona College California 3 0
LAC #3 Bowdoin College Maine 1 0
LAC #3 Swarthmore College Pennsylvania 4 0
LAC #10 Wellesley College Massachusetts 3 0
LAC #12 Vassar College New York 5 0
LAC #12 Washington and Lee University Virginia 2 0
LAC #16 Carleton College Minnesota 4 0
LAC #16 Davidson College North Carolina 4 0
LAC #19 Barnard College New York 2 0
LAC #19 Middlebury College Vermont 5 0
LAC #21 University of Richmond Virginia 5 2
LAC #22 Colby College Maine 3 0
LAC #22 College of the Holy Cross Massachusetts 7 0
LAC #22 Smith College Massachusetts 4 0
LAC #22 Colgate University New York 3 0
LAC #26 Bates College Maine 4 0
LAC #26 Haverford College Pennsylvania 3 0
LAC #28 Macalester College Minnesota 4 0
LAC #29 Bucknell University Pennsylvania 2 0
LAC #30 Lafayette College Pennsylvania 1 0
LAC #31 Trinity College Connecticut 1 0
LAC #31 Denison University Ohio 5 1
LAC #31 Bryn Mawr College Pennsylvania 2 0
LAC #34 Colorado College Colorado 9 0
LAC #34 Spelman College Georgia 1 0
LAC #34 Mount Holyoke College Massachusetts 4 1
LAC #34 Franklin and Marshall College Pennsylvania 4 2
LAC #38 Occidental College California 20 3
LAC #38 Scripps College California 1 0
LAC #38 Trinity University Texas 2 0
LAC #41 Kenyon College Ohio 2 0
LAC #44 Wabash College Indiana 1 0
LAC #44 Union College New York 5 1
LAC #47 Connecticut College Connecticut 2 0
LAC #47 Hillsdale College Michigan 5 0
LAC #49 DePauw University Indiana 11 1
LAC #49 St. Olaf College Minnesota 10 0
LAC #49 St. Lawrence University New York 2 0
LAC #49 Rhodes College Tennessee 5 1
LAC #49 The University of the South Tennessee 7 0
LAC #54 Dickinson College Pennsylvania 1 0
LAC #54 Gettysburg College Pennsylvania 9 0
LAC #57 Wheaton College (IL) Illinois 4 0
LAC #57 Furman University South Carolina 3 0
LAC #60 Reed College Oregon 4 0
LAC #62 Lake Forest College Illinois 3 0
LAC #62 Berea College Kentucky 1 0
LAC #62 Gustavus Adolphus College Minnesota 20 0
LAC #62 Muhlenberg College Pennsylvania 12 0
LAC #68 College of St. Benedict Minnesota 2 0
LAC #68 Lawrence University Wisconsin 12 0
LAC #72 Saint Anselm College New Hampshire 2 0
LAC #74 Rollins College Florida 16 0
LAC #74 Principia College Illinois 2 1
LAC #74 Kalamazoo College Michigan 4 0
LAC #74 St. John's University (MN) Minnesota 2 0
LAC #78 Saint Mary's College Indiana 1 0
LAC #78 Whitman College Washington 9 2
LAC #81 Wheaton College (MA) Massachusetts 5 0
LAC #83 Morehouse College Georgia 8 0
LAC #85 Knox College Illinois 5 0
LAC #85 Drew University New Jersey 5 1
LAC #85 Susquehanna University Pennsylvania 5 0
LAC #85 Randolph-Macon College Virginia 3 0
LAC #91 Augustana College Illinois 1 0
LAC #91 College of Wooster Ohio 2 0
LAC #91 Washington and Jefferson College Pennsylvania 1 0
LAC #97 Washington College Maryland 2 0
LAC #100 Whittier College California 2 0
LAC #100 SUNY College at Geneseo New York 6 0
LAC #100 Lycoming College Pennsylvania 4 0
LAC #100 University of Puget Sound Washington 3 0
LAC #100 Beloit College Wisconsin 3 0
LAC #106 St. Mary's College of Maryland Maryland 1 0
LAC #106 Pacific Lutheran University Washington 26 1
LAC #109 Westmont College California 2 0
LAC #109 Hanover College Indiana 1 0
LAC #111 Luther College Iowa 17 0
LAC #111 Saint Vincent College Pennsylvania 1 0
LAC #111 Whitworth University Washington 6 0
LAC #116 Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio 3 0
LAC #119 Coe College Iowa 6 0
LAC #119 Albion College Michigan 2 0
LAC #119 Ripon College Wisconsin 3 0
LAC #125 Goucher College Maryland 1 0
LAC #128 University of Minnesota-Morris Minnesota 3 0
LAC #128 SUNY at Purchase College New York 16 0
LAC #128 University of Mary Washington Virginia 7 1
LAC #132 Eckerd College Florida 2 0
LAC #132 Centenary College of Louisiana Louisiana 3 0
LAC #132 Bennington College Vermont 13 0
LAC #132 Saint Norbert College Wisconsin 6 1
LAC #138 Millsaps College Mississippi 3 0
LAC #138 Truman State University Missouri 20 6
LAC #142 Eastern Connecticut State University Connecticut 9 0
LAC #142 Covenant College Georgia 7 1
LAC #142 The College of Idaho Idaho 3 1
LAC #142 Houghton University New York 2 0
LAC #146 Gordon College Massachusetts 3 0
LAC #146 Claflin University South Carolina 5 0
LAC #150 Dillard University Louisiana 8 0
LAC #150 New College of Florida Florida 5 0
LAC #153 University of Hawaii--Hilo Hawaii 3 0
LAC #154 University of North Carolina Asheville North Carolina 6 0
LAC #160 Salem College North Carolina 1 0
LAC #170 Western Oregon University Oregon 12 0
LAC #172 Guilford College North Carolina 3 0
LAC #172 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Wisconsin 7 0
LAC #176 Virginia Wesleyan University Virginia 7 0
LAC #177 Grambling State University Louisiana 6 1
LAC #178 Tougaloo College Mississippi 4 0
LAC #178 University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Oklahoma 2 0
LAC #180 Alabama State University Alabama 15 0
LAC #181 Bethune-Cookman University Florida 6 0
LAC #181 Warren Wilson College North Carolina 4 1
LAC #184 Fort Lewis College Colorado 4 0
LAC #184 Young Harris College Georgia 3 0
LAC #184 Indiana University-Southeast Indiana 6 0
LAC #184 Allen University South Carolina 3 0
LAC #184 Lane College Tennessee 4 0
LAC #184 Utah Tech University Utah 3 0
LAC #184 Southern Virginia University Virginia 7 0
— Stephen F. Austin State University Texas 93 3
— Central Washington University Washington 75 5
— Sam Houston State University Texas 64 9
— California State University-Northridge California 58 1
— Lone Star College System Texas 49 4
— Snow College Utah 46 2
— Riverside City College California 45 0
— Middle Tennessee State University Tennessee 45 2
— California State Polytechnic University-Pomona California 42 1
— Columbia College Chicago Illinois 42 2
— William Paterson University of New Jersey New Jersey 40 5
— University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Wisconsin 39 0
— Eastern Illinois University Illinois 36 2
— Towson University Maryland 32 0
— Ramapo College of New Jersey New Jersey 32 0
— Tyler Junior College Texas 31 0
— West Texas A & M University Texas 30 6
— Austin Peay State University Tennessee 28 2
— Purdue University Fort Wayne Indiana 27 0
— Eastern Kentucky University Kentucky 27 0
— CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York 27 2
— California State University-Chico California 25 0
— Grand Valley State University Michigan 25 0
— Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 25 0
— New Jersey City University New Jersey 24 1
— University of Tennessee--Chattanooga Tennessee 24 0
— University of Central Missouri Missouri 23 0
— Fresno City College California 22 0
— Austin Community College District Texas 22 0
— Citrus College California 21 1

Purple: international students are 25% or more of the school's graduates.

Related jobs and pay

OccupationUS employmentMean hourly wageMean annual wage
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 1,065,210 — $76,320
Musicians and Singers 36,180 $60.46 —

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

Graduate counts: IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education, 2002–2025. Rankings: 2027 U.S. News.