CONSIDERATIONS:

• University music schools - (American model. NASM requirements)
• The university school term is generally September through May
• Some are conservatory-type programs while others are major departments/schools within a comprehensive university.
• Scholarship funds available can vary widely
• Foreign students - visa, US $ conversion rates, working restrictions, English language requirements

[ SEE: by Program | by State | by Teacher | ]

The Large Comprehensive Schools

• Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts http://www.berklee.edu
• Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, Ohio
• Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York
• Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
• University of Illinois, Urbana Illinois
• Juilliard School, New York
• Manhatten School of Music, New York http://www.msmnyc.edu/
• Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
• Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio
• Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, Maryland
• Rice University (Shepherd School), Houston, Texas
• University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
• University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama http://www.music.ua.edu/
• American Conservatory of Music, Chicago, Illionois http://members.aol.com/amerconsmu/
• University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona http://arts.music.arizona.edu/music/index.html
• Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona http://herbergercollege.asu.edu/music/
• Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana http://www.bsu.edu/cfa/Music/default.htm
• Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts http://www.bu.edu/sfa/music/
• Bigham Young University, Provo, Utah http://www.byu.edu/music/
• Brooklyn College - CUNY, Brooklyn, New York http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/main.htm
• University of California, Berkeley, California http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/music/dept.html
• University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California http://www.music.ucla.edu/
• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania http://www.cmu.edu/cfa/music/
• University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio http://www.ccm.uc.edu/
• University of Colorado - Boulder, Boulder, Colorado http://www.colorado.edu/music/
• Cornell University, Ithaca, New York http://www.arts.cornell.edu/music/
• Crane School of Music (SUNY Potsdam), Potsdam, New York http://www.potsdam.edu/crane/
• University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware http://www.music.udel.edu/
• University of Denver - Lamont School of Music, Denver, Colorado http://www.du.edu/lamont/
• DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois http://music.depaul.edu/
• Duke University, Durham, North Carolina http://www.duke.edu/music/
• Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester), Rochester, New York
• Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas http://www.emporia.edu/music/muhome.htm
• Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida http://www.music.fsu.edu/
• University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia http://www.uga.edu/music/
• Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia http://music.gsu.edu/
• University of Hartford - The Hartt School, West Hartford, Connecticut http://libaxp.hartford.edu/hartt/hartt/www/
• Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~musicdpt/
• University of Hawaii - Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii http://www.hawaii.edu/uhmmusic/
• University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois http://www.music.uiuc.edu/music/
• Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana http://www.music.indiana.edu/
• University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa http://www.uiowa.edu/~music/
• Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York http://www.ithaca.edu/music/
• James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia http://www.jmu.edu/music/
• University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas http://www.music.ukans.edu/
• University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky http://www.uky.edu/FineArts/Music/
• Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin http://www.lawrence.edu/conservatory/
• Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana http://www.loyno.edu/music/
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Cambridge, Massachusetts http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/org/m/mta/www/
• University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland http://www.inform.umd.edu/ARHU/Depts/Music/
• University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida http://www.music.miami.edu/
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan http://www.music.umich.edu/
• Michigan State University, East Lancing, Michigan http://www.music.msu.edu/
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota http://www.music.umn.edu/
• University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri http://www.umkc.edu/conservatory/
• University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska http://www.unl.edu/music/
• University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Music http://www.unm.edu/~finearts/departments/music_dept.html
• City University of New York - Graduate Center, New York, New York http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Music/
• State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York http://notes.cc.sunysb.edu/CAS/Music.nsf
• University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina http://www.uncg.edu/mus/
• University of North Texas, Denton, Texas http://www.music.unt.edu/
• Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois http://www.vpa.niu.edu/music/
• Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois http://www.northwestern.edu/musicschool/
• Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona http://www.nau.edu/spa/
• University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma http://music.ou.edu/
• University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon http://music.uoregon.edu/
• Rice University, Shepherd School of Music, Houston, Texas http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~musi/
• Roosevelt University - Chicago Musical College, Chicago, Illinois http://www.roosevelt.edu/cmc/
• San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, California http://www.sfcm.edu/Welcome.html
• University of Southern California - Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles, California http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/
• Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois http://www.siue.edu/MUSIC/
• Stanford University, Stanford, California http://www.stanford.edu/group/Music/
• Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York http://vpa.syr.edu/schools/music/music.html
• Temple University, Esther Boyer College of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.temple.edu/music/
• University of Texas, Austin, Texas http://www.utexas.edu/cofa/music/
• Vanderbilt University, Blair School of Music, Nashville, Tennessee http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Blair/
• Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas http://www.washburn.edu/cas/music/
• University of Washington, Seattle, Washington http://www.music.washington.edu/
• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee http://www.uwm.edu/SOA//Music/
• University of Wisconsin, Madison http://www.wisc.edu/music/
• Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas http://finearts.twsu.edu/music/index.asp
• Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut http://www.yale.edu/schmus/

Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts http://www.berklee.edu
Boston Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts http://www.bostonconservatory.edu/
Cleveland Institute of Music (with Case Western Reserve University), Cleveland, Ohio
Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Juilliard School, New York, New York http://www.juilliard.edu/mai.htm
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts http://www.longy.edu/main.htm
Manhatten School of Music, New York, New York http://www.msmnyc.edu/
Mannes College of Music (New School University), New York, New York http://www.mannes.edu/
New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/
North Carolina School for the Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina http://www.ncarts.edu/music/
Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio
Peabody Conservatory of Music (John Hopkins University), Baltimore, Maryland http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/
Westminster Choir College (Rider University), Princeton, New Jersey http://westminster.rider.edu/

Further Information and Assistance

• College Music Society - Directory of music faculties in colleges and universities, US and Canada
• Music Departments Worldwide - Royal Holloway list of university music departments and faculties.
• Discussions, interviews, articles

Also see: Canada, Britain, Europe,

Updated Febryary 26, 2003