Music Schools in New York
New York contains
72 schools that offer music programs.
Columbia University in the City of New York,
the highest-ranking music school in NY, has a total student population of 24,230 and
is the
4th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 72 music schools
in New York,
only 15 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid,
The New School comes out as the most expensive ($39,004/yr),
with CUNY Queens College as the lowest recorded at only $5,594/yr.
Music students from New York schools who go on to become
musicians,
producers,
vocalists,
guitarists, etc.
have a good chance at finding employment.
For example, there are 47,260 people working as
musicians and singers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is
$0.
Also, within the music schools
in New York, the average student population is 2,856 and average student-to-faculty ratio is
16 to 1. Aside from music,
there are 10195 total
degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 3,318 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around
$4,933, but can vary widely depending on the type
of school.
Music Programs in New York
Columbia University in the City of New York
Music Theory and Composition
Levels offered:
PhD
Music, General
Levels offered:
Certificate, Bachelors, Masters, PhD
New York University
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Certificate, Bachelors, Masters, PhD
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Certificate, Bachelors, Masters, PhD
Music Theory and Composition
Levels offered:
Masters
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters, PhD
Vassar College
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Barnard College
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Colgate University
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
University of Rochester
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Certificate, Bachelors, Masters, PhD
Religious/Sacred Music
Levels offered:
Certificate
Music History, Literature, and Theory
Levels offered:
Masters, PhD
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters, PhD
Music Theory and Composition
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters, PhD
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music, Other
Levels offered:
Certificate
Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Levels offered:
Certificate, Masters, PhD
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Religious/Sacred Music
Levels offered:
Masters
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Music, Other
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters, PhD
Fordham University
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Skidmore College
Music History, Literature, and Theory
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Yeshiva University
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Ithaca College
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music Pedagogy
Levels offered:
Masters
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music Theory and Composition
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Houghton College
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music Theory and Composition
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music, Other
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
The New School
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Certificate, Bachelors, Masters
Music Theory and Composition
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Wagner College
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Roberts Wesleyan College
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Adelphi University
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
SUNY at Purchase College
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Certificate, Bachelors
Music Theory and Composition
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music, Other
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Saint Bonaventure University
Music History, Literature, and Theory
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Molloy College
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Hartwick College
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Long Island University-C W Post Campus
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Five Towns College
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music History, Literature, and Theory
Levels offered:
Masters
Music, General
Levels offered:
Associates, Bachelors, Masters, PhD
SUNY at Binghamton
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
The Juilliard School
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Certificate, Bachelors, Masters
Music Theory and Composition
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
University at Buffalo
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Certificate, Masters
Music History, Literature, and Theory
Levels offered:
Masters
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music Theory and Composition
Levels offered:
Masters, PhD
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Levels offered:
PhD
Hamilton College
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
SUNY at Geneseo
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music, Other
Levels offered:
Bachelors
SUNY at Albany
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
SUNY College at New Paltz
Music Therapy/Therapist
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
St Lawrence University
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
SUNY College at Oneonta
Music Management and Merchandising
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
CUNY Hunter College
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Masters
Music History, Literature, and Theory
Levels offered:
Masters
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
CUNY Queens College
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
SUNY at Fredonia
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music Therapy/Therapist
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music Theory and Composition
Levels offered:
Masters
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music, Other
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Nazareth College
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music Therapy/Therapist
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music History, Literature, and Theory
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music Theory and Composition
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
SUNY College at Plattsburgh
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Canisius College
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
SUNY College at Oswego
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Hofstra University
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Manhattan School of Music
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Certificate, Bachelors, Masters, PhD
Music Theory and Composition
Levels offered:
Certificate, Bachelors, Masters, PhD
SUNY College at Buffalo
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
SUNY College at Potsdam
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music History, Literature, and Theory
Levels offered:
Masters
Music Management and Merchandising
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Elmira College
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
The College of Saint Rose
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Certificate, Bachelors, Masters
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
CUNY Brooklyn College
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Certificate, Bachelors, Masters
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Certificate, Bachelors, Masters
Music Theory and Composition
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Manhattanville College
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
CUNY City College
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Nyack College
Music Teacher Education
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Religious/Sacred Music
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music Performance, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music Theory and Composition
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Music, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
New York Interesting Facts
- The first American chess tournament was held in New York in 1843.
- The 641 mile transportation network known as the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway is the longest toll road in the United States.
- A brewer named Matthew Vassar founded Vassar College in Poughkeepsie in 1861.
- In 1979 Vassar students were the first from a private college to be granted permission to study in the People's Republic of China.
- The Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan is the only school in the world offering a Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing.
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