Top 10 Music Colleges in the U.S.

The Juilliard School

• The Juilliard School of music in New York City is home to perhaps the most famous and most prestigious music program in the United States. Out of more than 2,300 applications in 2007, only 149 were admitted. The school offers several Bachelor of Music, D.M. degrees in composition, guitar, harpsichord, jazz studies, orchestral instruments, organ, piano and voice. It also offers Master of Music, M.M. in collaborative piano, composition, orchestral conducting, guitar, harpsichord, historical performance, jazz studies, orchestral instruments, organ, piano and voice.

  The Juilliard School
  60 Lincoln Center Plaza
  New York, NY 10023
  212-799-5000
  juilliard.com

Berklee College of Music

• Berklee offers a number of degrees, many of which are five-year dual major programs in 12 distinct areas of music: composition, contemporary writing and production, electronic production and design, film scoring, jazz composition, music business and management, music education, music production and engineering, music therapy, performance, professional music and songwriting.

  Berklee College of Music
  1140 Boylston Street
  Boston, MA 02215
  617 266-1400
  berklee.edu

Cleveland Institute of Music

• The Cleveland Institute of Music or CIM features a faculty of accomplished and distinguished professors. CIM offers areas of study in strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion, keyboards, voice and opera, chamber music, conducting, composition, music theory and specialized studies such as audio recording and music literature.

  Cleveland Institute of Music
  11021 East Boulevard
  Cleveland, OH 44106
  216-791-5000
  cim.edu

Curtis Institute of Music

• The Curtis Institute of Music offers diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music (in Opera) and professional certificates programs. Their areas of study include musical techniques, harmony, counterpoint, analysis, keyboard and music history.

  The Curtis Institute of Music
  1726 Locust Street
  Philadelphia, PA 19103
  215-893-525
  curtis.edu

Harvard University Department of Music

• Harvard University's department of music offers graduate and undergraduate degrees in music studies. Students can choose from degrees in historical musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory, composition and performance.

  Harvard University Department of Music
  Harvard University
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  617-495-2791
  fas.harvard.edu/~musicdpt/

Manhattan School of Music

• The Manhattan School of Music offers pre-college, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs. Students can study in a variety of areas or combine areas of study for a dual major. Degree programs include classic music, jazz music and the renowned "Pinchas Zukerman" in viola and violin performance.

  Manhattan School of Music
  120 Claremont Ave.
  New York, NY 10027
  212-749-2802
  msmnyc.edu

Oberlin College

• Oberlin College's Conservatory of Music offers a variety of music programs that prepare students for careers as performers, composers, educators and scholars. Degree programs range from undergraduate bachelor programs to a master of music. Areas of study include performance in piano, organ, voice, strings, brass and percussion, composition, technology in music and related arts, jazz studies, music history and music theory.

  Oberlin College Conservatory of Music
  39 W. College St.
  Oberlin, OH 44074
  440-775-8413

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

• The San Francisco Conservatory of Music offers two degree programs: a bachelor of music and a master of music. Bachelor programs include composition, guitar, keyboard instruments, orchestral instruments and voice. Master programs include composition, conducting, chamber music, guitar, keyboard instruments, orchestral instruments, piano accompanying, timpani and voice. Postgraduate students can also earn a postgraduate diploma in vocal performance.

  San Francisco Conservatory of Music
  50 Oak Street
  San Francisco CA 94102
  415-864-7326
  sfcm.edu

University of Michigan - School of Music, Theater and Dance

• The University of Michigan offers bachelor of music degrees in composition, music and technology, music education, music theory, musicology and performance. The school also offers a bachelor of music arts degree in composition, musicology, music theory and performance.

  University of Michigan
  School of Music, Theatre & Dance
  E.V. Moore Building
  1100 Baits Dr.
  Ann Arbor, MI 4810
  734-764-0583
  umich.edu

University of Rochester - Eastman School of Music

• The University of Rochester's prestigious Eastman School of Music offers a number of degrees ranging from bachelor of music degrees to PhD programs. Areas of study include arts leadership, orchestral studies, world music, sacred music, music education, performance and ethnomusicology.

  Eastman School of Music
  26 Gibbs St.
  Rochester, NY 14604
  585-274-1000
  esm.rochester.edu