<p>I presume that since you want Music Ed you want to teach in K-12 public schools. That is what they will prepare you for. The big questions you should ask them then are their placement rates for music ed graduates and the retention rate 5 years out. The first tells you how well they are connected to the schools that hire, the second tells you how well prepared the graduates are. Excellent music ed schools are not necessarily the same as the performance schools.</p>