Harvard University's Department of Music offers an undergraduate and a graduate program. Undergraduates earn an A.B. with a concentration in music. Graduates students complete a Ph.D. program in musicology, ethnomusicology, theory, composition, or Creative Practice and Critical Inquiry. Performance is very much a part of the music department coursework and students are welcome to join any of any extracurricular music performance groups on campus.

Princeton University's top rated Department of Music is at the epicenter of a musical culture that is broad and deep. Graduate students can earn a Ph.D. in one of the two main areas of their Graduate program. Undergraduate students can major in music in a program with an emphasis on writing music or writing about music. They can also earn certificates in the Program in Music Performance.      

Yale University's School of Music provides students an engaging environment to increase their curiosities and discover their voices. They perform and attend concerts in the University's historic concert halls and world-class art galleries and libraries. They collaborate meaningfully with peers across disciplines and engage with New Haven's creative community. With unsurpassed resources and state-of-the-art facilities, Students activate their imagination and design their promising futures.

Columbia University in the City of New York's Department of Music is dedicated to supporting and profess scholarly and scientific inquiry into music. They aim to prepare their undergraduate majors, minors, and concentrators for a career in music and the arts. Bring skills developed in the rigorous study of music to the pursuit of careers in different fields. They prepare graduate students with notable success over many decades. The Department supports many scholarly events and performances for the Columbia and New York communities.

Brown University's Department of Music is a community of scholars, creators, and performers dedicated to exploring music's past, present, and future. Promoting musical education, research, and engagement at the highest standards of excellence on an open and inclusive basis. Providing an ideal environment for such an education, with its integrated faculty of scholars, performers, composers/media artists, and theorists. Their diverse music degree curriculum combines creative courses in composition, technology, and performance with speculative studies in different areas.

The University of Pennsylvania's Department of Music offers undergraduates the opportunity to major or minor in music. Affording students across the university access to first-rate faculty and providing performance opportunities in a wide range of ensembles. Their graduate programs in composition, musicology, ethnomusicology, and music theory. A defining feature of the department is the high degree of interaction between faculty, graduates, undergraduates, and performance directors and ensembles. Fostering fruitful relationships with the wider community, and is defined, too, by a strong sense of civic engagement at the local and global level. The department's newly renovated and expanded facilities create an ideal setting for their community to engage in the rich array of intellectual and artistic pursuits to which they are committed.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Music program is known for its fantastic variety of quality offerings to undergraduates degrees in music at all levels of preparation and talent. Their faculty and teaching staff are distinguished award-winning composers, musicians, and performers. Their vibrant performance offerings have options for vocalists and instrumentalists led by professional musicians. For students interested in private instruction, lessons with Boston-area instructors are possible through the Emerson Program.

The University of Chicago's Department of Music offers graduate degrees in Composition, Ethnomusicology, and Music History and Theory. They also offer an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and a lively performance program that involves undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students. They are committed to providing rigor, creativity, and innovation to their students. Producing highly skilled individuals and are ready to excel in the field.

Stanford University's Department of Music brings together music-making and scholarly research in different areas within the field of music. Their departmental activities serve a broad and diverse constituency on campus and in local communities. Ensemble from a variety of world cultures is open to all students. Many of the faculty have affiliations with other departments, programs, and interdisciplinary centers.

Dartmouth College's Department of Music undergraduate degree program is led by an internationally acclaimed faculty of musical professionals. The institution has a long tradition of excellence and adventurousness. The music faculty enjoys getting to know the students who take their classes. Offering many different ways to study music, and many different kinds of music to study. Their curriculum features a broad range of classroom courses as well as diverse opportunities for performance studies with top-notch professionals.

Duke University's Music degree is designed to cultivate the wide-ranging interests and abilities of its students while providing them with a coherent approach to understanding the techniques and history of music. Its offerings encompass the many ways that they perform. Students have the opportunity to create and comprehend music. The program is flexible and may be shaped to emphasize any of the various subspecialties of the field including preparation for graduate work. The goal of the major is to develop a depth of analytical, historical, and aesthetic understanding. Enhancing the specific aural and physical capacities necessary for good musicianship. These skills will provide the music graduate with a foundation for future learning in a variety of fields.

Bowdoin College's Department of Music prides itself on a universal approach to music and individual attention to students. BC offers qualified music students a wide variety of musical opportunities. Students can major or minor, take lessons, or participate in one of their eight ensembles. Over 25 percent of Bowdoin students participate in the Department of Music's programming.

Amherst College's degree in Music offers a range of courses and performing opportunities for students with or without previous musical experience. They support a wide range of musical styles and encourage all students interested in making music. The program provides grounding in the theory and practice of music, instruction in performance, and composition and musical scholarships. Graduates are equipped with essential skills needed to excel in the field.             

Pomona College's Music Department has an internationally acclaimed faculty, participates in a range of solo and ensemble performance opportunities, and encounters guest musical artists from around the globe. Offering a broadly designed curriculum open to students who choose to major or minor in music. Students who desire an ongoing involvement in music. Many of their students go on to pursue graduate studies in music and related fields, and alumni are active throughout the world as professional performers, composers, scholars, and teachers.

Swarthmore College's Music degree program is a vibrant community of performers, creators, and critical thinkers who share a passion for music. Their academic courses invite students to think deeply about music. Students in the program are often active in many other fields such as art history, biology, engineering, just to name a few. The wealth of interests and curiosity they bring to music-making fosters a fresh exciting atmosphere on the campus.

Cornell University's Department of Music is dedicated to providing excellence in the study of music that reflects a concern for the constant interaction of scholarship, performance, and composition by faculty members and students alike. It is designated to support a specific area of the department's activities. Endowments provide assurance that funding will be available perpetuity to support the Department's facilities and programs. Students are prepared to excel in areas related to the field.

Williams College's Music degree program cultivates the full range of the student's skills as performers, composers, and scholars through coursework. They develop pluralistic and open-minded perspectives by pursuing a range of approaches to the study of radically diverse forms of music from across history and around the world. Examining music's relation to its cultural, social, political, and historical contexts. Students learn to listen critically to, understand, and communicate about music in both writing and oral presentations.

Northwestern University's School of Music provides students with skills and values that will prepare them for success. Their distinguished faculty offer rigorous, conservatory-level training designed to prepare musicians of the very highest caliber. The combination of outstanding musicianship, keen intelligence, and curiosity about the world produces a unique creative voice. Their wide range of programs offers students the flexibility to pursue varied interests. Opportunities abound for students to initiate and participate in projects outside the classroom that promote learning, personal growth, and community involvement.

The University of Notre Dame's Department of Music provides an in-depth course of study for music majors. Students engage in performance, music theory, music history, and ethnomusicology. The department contributes to the broader musical life on campus through course offerings and abundant ensemble opportunities for majors and non-majors alike. A formal study of music at Notre Dame is complemented by the Department's extensive presentation of faculty and guest artist concerts, scholarly lectures, and student performers.

Rice University's School of Music cultivates the mastery of musical performance. Combining a conservatory experience with the educational opportunities of a leading research university. They give each music major access to world-class teachers dedicated to cultivating talent and professional success. Their faculty is known for their individualized instruction and for equipping musicians with the skills and experience necessary to develop their esteemed careers.

Georgetown University's degree in Music is a distinctive program for its emphasis on the study of music. The program specializes in all forms and styles of music. Committed to offering real-life training, the music Program has established close alliances with many of Washington, DC's art and media institutions, giving students the opportunity to pursue internships in various places. It has expanded its offerings to include the World Percussion Ensemble and Guild of Bands. Students also have the opportunity to study songwriting, composition, recording arts, and audio documentary production on campus and produce their own podcasts and music recordings.

Vanderbilt University's School of Music attracts conservatory-quality music training with excellent teachers, frequent performance opportunities, and great facilities. They are selective and their students study and perform with musicians who are equally dedicated. The student-to-faculty ratio 4:1 provides numerous opportunities to get to know and to work closely with the world-class musicians on their faculty. Students in the program are bright and versatile with wide-ranging interests and ideas. Graduates can be found throughout the fields of performance, research, teaching, and composition.

Washington University in St. Louis' Department of Music enriches the cultural and intellectual life of Washington University and the St. Louis area. Their distinguished research faculty publishes concerts and popular music. They offer graduate and undergraduate degrees in music as well as courses designed for non-majors. Each semester over five hundred students participate in music at Washington University.

Johns Hopkins University's Bachelor degree in Music is designed to offer gifted students the training to prepare themselves for careers in performance, composition, computer music, music education, recording arts, and related areas of professional activity. Each student taking applied music must demonstrate satisfactory progress as determined by the faculty in the major and minor applied area. Study in the major field must continue through the last semester of enrollment. The progress of each student is monitored by the department at intervals not greater than two semesters.

Tufts University's Department of Music is a flexible program serving students who wish to pursue undergraduate or graduate studies in music and all students seeking to develop their musical knowledge and/or performance skills. They offer courses in composition, ethnomusicology, musicology, technology, theory, and performance. The program is interdisciplinary, drawing on research in the arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics, sciences, and engineering. The study of music prepares students for a lifelong appreciation of the arts and provides transferable skills for careers in any profession.