List of conservatories of music in the United States explained

Below is a list of degree-granting music institutions of higher learning in the United States. As of 2017, in the United States, there were 650 degree-granting institutions of higher learning that were accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. There are also several notable institutions of higher learning that are – for various reasons, by choice or otherwise – not accredited by NASM.

Private institutions

Independent conservatories of music

• Berklee College of Music, Boston
• Cleveland Institute of Music
• The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia
• Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan
• Manhattan School of Music, New York
• New England Conservatory, Boston
• San Francisco Conservatory of Music
• VanderCook College of Music, Chicago

Independent for-profit conservatories of music

• McNally Smith College of Music, Saint Paul, Minnesota (Shut down as of 2018)
• Musicians Institute, Los Angeles

Liberal arts colleges, secular

• Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music Berea, Ohio
• Bard College Conservatory of Music, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
• Ithaca College School of Music, Ithaca, New York
• Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, Appleton, Wisconsin
• Longy School of Music (recently merged with Bard College)
• Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin College), Oberlin, Ohio

Liberal arts colleges, non-secular

• Birmingham–Southern Conservatory of Fine and Performing Arts (United Methodist)
• Concordia College Conservatory (Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod), Bronxville, New York
• Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Conservatory of Music (Catholic, Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods), Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana
• Gettysburg College, Sunderman Conservatory of Music, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Wheaton College, Conservatory of Music, Wheaton, Illinois

Schools of the Arts

• Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston
• Colburn School, Los Angeles
• Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle
• Juilliard School, New York City
• University of the Arts, Philadelphia

Private universities, secular

• Boston University College of Fine Arts
• Carnegie Mellon School of Music, Pittsburgh
• Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester)
• Frost School of Music (University of Miami), Coral Gables, Florida
• The Hartt School (University of Hartford)
• Lamont School of Music (University of Denver), Denver, Colorado
• Lynn University Conservatory of Music, Boca Raton, Florida
• Mannes School of Music (The New School), New York City
• The Music Conservatory of Chicago College of Performing Arts (Roosevelt University), Chicago
• The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music (The New School), New York City
• Northwestern University, Bienen School of Music, Evanston, Illinois
• Peabody Institute (Johns Hopkins University), Baltimore
• Point Park Conservatory of Performing Arts, Pittsburgh
• Shepherd School of Music (Rice University), Houston
• University of the Pacific, Conservatory of Music, Stockton, California
• USC Thornton School of Music, University Park, Los Angeles
• Vanderbilt University, Blair School of Music (undergraduate only), Nashville
• Westminster Choir College (Rider University), Princeton
• Wilkes University Conservatory of Music, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
• Syracuse University, Setnor School of Music
• Yale School of Music, New Haven, Connecticut

Private universities, non-secular

• Biola University Conservatory of Music (non-denominational, Evangelical Christian), La Mirada, California
• Brigham Young University, School of Music (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Provo, Utah
• Capital University Conservatory of Music (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), Bexley, Ohio
• Chapman University Conservatory of Music (Christian Church, Disciples of Christ), Orange, California
• Duquesne University, Mary Pappert School of Music (Catholic Church), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Shenandoah University Conservatory (United Methodist Church), Winchester, Virginia
• University of Mary Hardin–Baylor Conservatory of Music, Belton, Texas

Public institutions

Pre-college public schools of the art

• Oakland Public Conservatory of Music, Oakland, CA

Public universities

City University of New York constituents

• Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music

State University of New York constituents

• State University of New York at Purchase Conservatory of Music, Purchase

• State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia School of Music, Fredonia

• State University of New York at Potsdam, Crane School of Music, Potsdam
• Bob Cole Conservatory of Music (California State University, Long Beach)
• Cadek Conservatory (University of Tennessee), Knoxville
• FSU College of Music, Tallahassee
• Indiana University Bloomington, Jacobs School of Music
• Kean University Conservatory of Music
• Lionel Hampton School of Music (University of Idaho), Moscow
• LSU School of Music, Baton Rouge
• State University of New York at Potsdam, Crane School of Music
• UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
• University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music
• University of Colorado-Boulder College of Music
• University of Maryland School of Music
• University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Ann Arbor
• University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory
• University of North Texas College of Music, Denton
• University of Oregon School of Music and Dance, Eugene
• University of Texas at Austin, Butler School of Music
• University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Former music institutions of higher learning

• American Conservatory of Music (1886–1991), Chicago
• American Institute of Applied Music (1900–1933), New York
• Combs College of Music (1885–1990), Philadelphia
• Detroit Institute of Musical Arts (1914–1970)
• Ellison-White Conservatory of Music (1918–1940s), Portland, Oregon
• Hartford Conservatory (1890–2011)

Former music institutions at historically black colleges and universities

• Western University, School of Music (1865–1943), Quindaro, Kansas City, Kansas