In the heart of Boston, Berklee is known as one of the best music colleges in the country, offering contemporary piano programs and state-of-the-art music business training. The college offers several majors in piano that include piano performance and piano education, among others. Additionally, you can specialize in a particular type of playing, such as jazz or classical. Berklee is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
Berklee College of Music
1140 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215-3693
(617) 266-1400
berklee.edu
This Lincoln Center, New York-based arts school offers one of the most prestigious piano programs in the world. Juilliard offers several piano programs, with concentrations in performance, education and history--along with master's and doctoral degrees for the select few who qualify. Many Julliard students perform in some of New York's most coveted orchestras, ensembles and theater shows while working on their degrees. The school also offers well-attended performances of university ensembles to showcase the talents of their hand-picked student body.
The Juilliard School
60 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023
(212) 799-5000
juilliard.edu
In beautiful Bloomington, Indiana, IU's Jacobs School of Music also offers one of the best music programs in the world, including exceptional piano degrees. According to its website, Jacobs School of Music offers programs with the intensity of a conservatory mixed with the broad academics of a university. The university produces more than 1,100 musical, ballet and theater performances per year, showcasing the many talented IU students in Bloomington's playhouses, theaters and auditoriums. Offering piano degrees on the undergraduate, graduate and doctorate levels, IU has produced some of the world's best piano performers.
Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
1201 E 3rd St
Bloomington, IN 47405
(812) 855-1583
music.indiana.edu