Best Schools for Music Education?

College Majors Music Major
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<p>I'm going to be applying next year to schools, and I was wondering which schools have awesome music education programs. I would really like to hear from people who are also applying, have already applied, or are in those programs. Schools to stay away from would also be good. Thank you!
Another note: my primary instrument is voice (soprano) and I can also play piano reasonably well</p>

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<p>There is a lot of music ed info already here, and a good part of it is cross linked six ways to Sunday. </p>

<p>The search function is your friend, and some down and dirty search tips are here <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/892168-search-tips-other-insights.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/892168-search-tips-other-insights.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>Music admissions has a different set of parameters than most college general “academic” admissions, so I suggest you read through <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/258796-so-you-want-music-major-one-familys-experience.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/258796-so-you-want-music-major-one-familys-experience.html&lt;/a&gt; as background </p>

<p>Some general music ed advice, and these are detailed within a number of the music ed threads.</p>

<p>Do not go into ed unless you sincerely wish to teach in a k-12 public school. </p>

<p>Typically, it may be most cost effective at your instate university. There are many vakid reasons to look beyond that however.</p>

<p>Music ed is a very sequenced and structured degree plan.</p>

<p>You will need to know the differences between the BA, BS, and BM variants. It is also important to seek a program that results in the qualifications for state certification/licensure. Not all do.</p>

<p>Do some searching, and some scrolling. Come back with some specific questions. Location, size, large university setting versus smaller liberal arts colleges. One of the biggest is potential WHERE do you want to teach.</p>

<p>More detail that you can provide on your current level of music training and experiences will help as well.</p>

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<p>Another great place to start research is the current and past year’s acceptances thread. You can see who has been accepted into music ed programs that interest you and PM them.</p>