The Experts' Choice: Colleges for the Musician Who Doesn't Want to Attend a Conservatory
Conservatories are great for the musician who eats, sleeps, and breathes music. Other music students want a little more variety in their classes—and a little less of opera divas wailing in the dorms. These schools are for them.
Experts' Choice List
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Top Choices
- Bard College
(Annandale on Hudson, NY)
- Boston University
(Boston, MA)
- Carnegie Mellon University
(Pittsburgh, PA)
- DePauw University
(Greencastle, IN)
- Indiana University Bloomington
(Bloomington, IN)
- Lawrence University
(Appleton, WI)
- Miami University -- Oxford
(Oxford, OH)
- New York University
(New York, NY)
- Northwestern University
(Evanston, IL)
- Oberlin College
(Oberlin, OH)
- Rice University
(Houston, TX)
- Skidmore College
(Saratoga Springs, NY)
- St. Olaf College
(Northfield, MN)
- University of Cincinnati
(Cincinnati, OH)
- University of Michigan -- Ann Arbor
(Ann Arbor, MI)
- University of Rochester
(Rochester, NY)
- Vanderbilt University
(Nashville, TN)
- Whitman College
(Walla Walla, WA)
- Willamette University
(Salem, OR)
More Choices
- Appalachian State University
(Boone, NC)
- Baylor University
(Waco, TX)
- CUNY -- Brooklyn College
(Brooklyn, NY)
- CUNY -- Queens College
(Flushing, NY)
- Carleton College
(Northfield, MN)
- Clark University
(Worcester, MA)
- College of Wooster
(Wooster, OH)
- Ithaca College
(Ithaca, NY)
- Lehigh University
(Bethlehem, PA)
- Loyola University New Orleans
(New Orleans, LA)
- Mills College
(Oakland, CA)
- Oklahoma City University
(Oklahoma City, OK)
- Pacific Lutheran University
(Tacoma, WA)
- Rider University
(Lawrenceville, NJ)
- SUNY -- Stony Brook
(Stony Brook, NY)
- SUNY -- University at Buffalo
(Buffalo, NY)
- SUNY--Fredonia
(Fredonia, NY)
- Sarah Lawrence College
(Bronxville, NY)
- Southern Methodist University
(Dallas, TX)
- University of Delaware
(Newark, DE)
- University of Hartford
(West Hartford, CT)
- University of Illinois -- Urbana-Champaign
(Champaign, IL)
- University of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill
(Chapel Hill, NC)
- University of North Carolina -- Charlotte
(Charlotte, NC)
- University of North Texas
(Denton, TX)
- University of Northern Colorado
(Greeley, CO)
- University of Notre Dame
(Notre Dame, IN)
- University of Southern California
(Los Angeles, CA)
- University of Texas -- Austin
(Austin, TX)
- Washington University in St. Louis
(St. Louis, MO)
- Wesleyan University
(Middletown, CT)
- Western Michigan University
(Kalamazoo, MI)
- Winthrop University
(Rock Hill, SC)
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