Performing Arts 2025

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Total 151 universities

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	University	Country
1	Royal College of Music (RCM)	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	95.8	96.8	91.8
2	Royal Academy of Music	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	95.3	96.7	89.7
3	Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP)	🇫🇷 France	92.3	93.1	89.0
4 =	University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (MDW)	🇦🇹 Austria	91.2	96.5	69.8
4 =	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	91.2	91.1	91.6
6	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	90.1	92.5	80.6
7	New York University (NYU)	🇺🇸 United States	89.6	91.3	82.7
8	Juilliard School	🇺🇸 United States	86.2	100.0	31.1
9	Royal Danish Academy of Music (DKDM)	🇩🇰 Denmark	84.0	85.6	77.6
10	Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM)	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	83.7	87.2	69.6
11	Curtis Institute of Music	🇺🇸 United States	82.6	90.4	51.6
12 =	Moscow State Conservatory P. I. Tchaikovsky	🇷🇺 Russia	81.8	79.9	89.6
12 =	Mozarteum University of Salzburg	🇦🇹 Austria	81.8	83.6	74.4
14	Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki	🇫🇮 Finland	80.9	84.7	65.5
15	University of Oxford	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	80.6	78.6	88.8
16	University of Cambridge	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	80.5	78.4	89.0
17	Harvard University	🇺🇸 United States	79.9	77.3	90.5
18	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	79.8	83.2	66.1
19	Korea National University of Arts (K-ARTS)	🇰🇷 South Korea	79.5	85.8	54.4
20	Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA)	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	79.4	83.4	63.3
21	McGill University	🇨🇦 Canada	78.8	82.3	65.0
22 =	Yale University	🇺🇸 United States	78.3	77.8	80.3
22 =	University of Rochester (UR)	🇺🇸 United States	78.3	80.8	68.3
24	Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music	🇭🇺 Hungary	78.1	79.9	70.8
25	St. Petersburg Conservatory	🇷🇺 Russia	77.8	74.5	91.2
26 =	The Gnesins Russian Academy of Music	🇷🇺 Russia	77.4	76.3	81.9
26 =	Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon (CNSMDL)	🇫🇷 France	77.4	77.4	77.6
26 =	Goldsmiths University of London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	77.4	79.3	69.9
29	Royal College of Music in Stockholm (KMH)	🇸🇪 Sweden	77.3	83.6	52.0
30	Royal Holloway University of London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	76.9	81.5	58.3
31	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	🇺🇸 United States	76.7	77.9	71.8
32	UCSI University	🇲🇾 Malaysia	76.2	70.2	100.0
33 =	Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH)	🇳🇴 Norway	76.0	77.4	70.3
33 =	Stanford University (SU)	🇺🇸 United States	76.0	74.6	81.4
33 =	Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	76.0	88.0	28.1
36	Columbia University (CU)	🇺🇸 United States	74.7	74.2	76.9
37	University of Huddersfield	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	74.4	75.9	68.5
38	Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	74.0	85.4	28.4
39	Northwestern University (NU)	🇺🇸 United States	73.7	77.3	59.3
40	The University of Melbourne	🇦🇺 Australia	73.4	73.4	73.5
41	Shanghai Conservatory of Music	🇨🇳 China	73.3	78.6	52.1
42	Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)	🇨🇭 Switzerland	73.1	84.5	27.7
43	Trinity College Dublin (TCD)	🇮🇪 Ireland	72.9	71.6	78.2
44 =	National University of Singapore (NUS)	🇸🇬 Singapore	72.7	69.8	84.5
44 =	Berlin University of the Arts (UdK)	🇩🇪 Germany	72.7	76.8	56.1
46	Hochschule fr Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Leipzig	🇩🇪 Germany	72.3	74.5	63.5
47	Mahidol University (MU)	🇹🇭 Thailand	72.1	69.6	82.2
48	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	🇺🇸 United States	71.8	73.7	64.0
49	Indiana University Bloomington (IU)	🇺🇸 United States	70.8	74.9	54.2
50	University of Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	70.7	70.9	69.8