# 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.

## 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