Not sure how applicable it would be to a music program, but after looking at the obvious criteria (location, size) DD whittled down her list by 6-yr grad rate (if it’s <70% (my arbitrary #), either the kids are unmotivated or the administration is a bear to deal with). She also cut any schools with retention rates <85% (again, arbitrary) thinking it may be an indication that there is a problem with the school. She also eliminated schools with avg GPAs <3.0, as they would be below the lower end of her range. That brought her list from Naviance down from about 275 to 60.