List of conservatories of music in the United States

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.

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

 * 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

 * Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music (United Methodist), Berea, Ohio
 * 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

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