Colleges with Fine Music Programs
Most liberal arts and sciences schools offer courses in music—after all, it’s a core subject. But where can you find music departments that go beyond the basics? The following colleges offer programs that are worth a second look.
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- Allegheny College
(Meadville, PA)
- Amherst College
(Amherst, MA)
- Baldwin-Wallace College
(Berea, OH)
- Ball State University
(Muncie, IN)
- Belmont University
(Nashville, TN)
- Berklee College of Music
(Boston, MA)
- Bethune-Cookman University
(Daytona Beach, FL)
- Boston Conservatory
(Boston, MA)
- Bowling Green State University
(Bowling Green, OH)
- Brandeis University
(Waltham, MA)
- Brenau University
(Gainesville, GA)
- California Institute of the Arts
(Valencia, CA)
- California State University -- Chico
(Chico, CA)
- California State University -- Long Beach
(Long Beach, CA)
- Capital University
(Columbus, OH)
- Cleveland Institute of Music
(Cleveland, OH)
- Cogswell Polytechnical College
(Sunnyvale, CA)
- College of New Jersey
(Ewing, NJ)
- College of Santa Fe
(Santa Fe, NM)
- College of William and Mary
(Williamsburg, VA)
- Columbia College
(Chicago, IL)
- Columbia College
(Columbia, SC)
- Converse College
(Spartanburg, SC)
- Cornell University
(Ithaca, NY)
- Cornish College of the Arts
(Seattle, WA)
- Curtis Institute of Music
(Philadelphia, PA)
- Dartmouth College
(Hanover, NH)
- Davidson College
(Davidson, NC)
- DePaul University
(Chicago, IL)
- DePauw University
(Greencastle, IN)
- Denison University
(Granville, OH)
- Duke University
(Durham, NC)
- Duquesne University
(Pittsburgh, PA)
- Elmhurst College
(Elmhurst, IL)
- Emerson College
(Boston, MA)
- Emory University
(Atlanta, GA)
- Five Towns College
(Dix Hills, NY)
- Florida Atlantic University
(Boca Raton, FL)
- Florida State University
(Tallahassee, FL)
- Furman University
(Greenville, SC)
- George Mason University
(Fairfax, VA)
- Gettysburg College
(Gettysburg, PA)
- Goucher College
(Baltimore, MD)
- Gustavus Adolphus College
(St. Peter, MN)
- Harvard University
(Cambridge, MA)
- Illinois State University
(Normal, IL)
- Illinois Wesleyan University
(Bloomington, IL)
- Ithaca College
(Ithaca, NY)
- Jacksonville University
(Jacksonville, FL)
- James Madison University
(Harrisonburg, VA)
- Johns Hopkins University
(Baltimore, MD)
- Juilliard School
(New York, NY)
- Lawrence University
(Appleton, WI)
- Lebanon Valley College
(Annville, PA)
- Lehigh University
(Bethlehem, PA)
- Loyola University New Orleans
(New Orleans, LA)
- Manhattan School of Music
(New York, NY)
- Mannes College The New School for Music
(New York, NY)
- McNally Smith College of Music
(St. Paul, MN)
- Michigan State University
(East Lansing, MI)
- Middle Tennessee State University
(Murfreesboro, TN)
- Moravian College
(Bethlehem, PA)
- Muhlenberg College
(Allentown, PA)
- New England Conservatory of Music
(Boston, MA)
- North Carolina School of the Arts
(Winston-Salem, NC)
- Northern Illinois University
(DeKalb, IL)
- Ohio Northern University
(Ada, OH)
- Ohio Wesleyan University
(Delaware, OH)
- Pacific Union College
(Angwin, CA)
- Pepperdine University
(Malibu, CA)
- Point Park University
(Pittsburgh, PA)
- Pomona College
(Claremont, CA)
- Reed College
(Portland, OR)
- Rollins College
(Winter Park, FL)
- Roosevelt University
(Chicago, IL)
- SUNY -- Albany
(Albany, NY)
- SUNY -- Binghamton
(Binghamton, NY)
- SUNY -- Purchase College
(Purchase, NY)
- SUNY College -- Potsdam
(Potsdam, NY)
- SUNY--Fredonia
(Fredonia, NY)
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music
(San Francisco, CA)
- Scripps College
(Claremont, CA)
- Smith College
(Northampton, MA)
- Southern Illinois University--Carbondale
(Carbondale, IL)
- Southwestern University
(Georgetown, TX)
- St. Mary's College
(Notre Dame, IN)
- St. Mary's University of Minnesota
(Winona, MN)
- St. Olaf College
(Northfield, MN)
- Stanford University
(Stanford, CA)
- Susquehanna University
(Selinsgrove, PA)
- Swarthmore College
(Swarthmore, PA)
- Towson University
(Towson, MD)
- Trinity International University
(Deerfield, IL)
- University of Alaska -- Anchorage
(Anchorage, AK)
- University of Arkansas
(Fayetteville, AR)
- University of California -- Berkeley
(Berkeley, CA)
- University of California -- Los Angeles
(Los Angeles, CA)
- University of California -- Santa Barbara
(Santa Barbara, CA)
- University of Central Arkansas
(Conway, AR)
- University of Chicago
(Chicago, IL)
- University of Colorado -- Boulder
(Boulder, CO)
- University of Connecticut
(Storrs, CT)
- University of Delaware
(Newark, DE)
- University of Denver
(Denver, CO)
- University of Hartford
(West Hartford, CT)
- University of Idaho
(Moscow, ID)
- University of Iowa
(Iowa City, IA)
- University of Mary Washington
(Fredericksburg, VA)
- University of Maryland -- College Park
(College Park, MD)
- University of Memphis
(Memphis, TN)
- University of Miami
(Coral Gables, FL)
- University of Missouri -- Kansas City
(Kansas City, MO)
- University of Oregon
(Eugene, OR)
- University of Puget Sound
(Tacoma, WA)
- University of Southern Maine
(Gorham, ME)
- University of Washington
(Seattle, WA)
- University of West Georgia
(Carrollton, GA)
- University of Wisconsin -- Oshkosh
(Oshkosh, WI)
- University of the Arts
(Philadelphia, PA)
- VanderCook College of Music
(Chicago, IL)
- Vassar College
(Poughkeepsie, NY)
- Virginia Commonwealth University
(Richmond, VA)
- Wake Forest University
(Winston Salem, NC)
- Webster University
(St. Louis, MO)
- Wellesley College
(Wellesley, MA)
- West Virginia University
(Morgantown, WV)
- William Paterson University of New Jersey
(Wayne, NJ)
- Williams College
(Williamstown, MA)
- Yale University
(New Haven, CT)
- American Conservatory of Music (IL)
- Guitar Institute (CA)
- Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (United Kingdom)
- Musicians Institute (CA)
- New School (NY)
- New World School of the Arts (FL)
- Shenandoah Conservatory (VA)
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