The applicant will take placement examinations in music history, and a proficiency examination in music theory, the results of which will be used in planning the student's program. Students who wish to study performance for graduate credit must audition for faculty in their areas of performance. Graduate assistantships are available. An assistantship provides a yearly stipend plus waiver of tuition, the general fee, and waiver of nonresident fees for four consecutive quarters. Assistantships may be renewed for a second year.
Graduate fellowships are also available which provide waiver of tuition.
Fee schedules, as well as assistantship stipend amounts, are subject to change. The University Wright State University, one of Ohio's twelve state-assisted universities, became accredited and independent in 1967. The university offers forty master's programs, two research doctoral programs, and two professional doctoral programs. Although Wright State has a rural-suburban setting, downtown Dayton is only twenty minutes away by car or campus bus. Ballets, concerts, lectures, and other cultural activities are available throughout the year.