Help finding an Audio Engineering Bachelor's program!

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<p>I'm currently a student at Penn State University, which has more majors to choose from than most schools under the sun, but it ironically (half the reason I came here was my indecision) doesn't offer my preference now that I've finally been able to make up my mind about it.</p>

<p>I plan on living at home and taking courses through a local community college next semester to supplement whatever general education requirements my school of choice might have in order to save money, so I'm trying to narrow down my top choices as soon as possible.</p>

<p>I've looked at Mercy NY, SUNY Fredonia, UMass Lowell, and a host of others, but most of those seem very oriented towards the music side of the specialty rather than the technology for post-production/editing/mixing for areas other than music production. Don't get me wrong, I'm an avid musician and would love to incorporate that into my education, but I'm most interested in learning digital audio workstations and how to apply that knowledge to post-production in a broad spectrum of areas such as movies, television, games, and other media. I'm also interested in sound design for theater (and music production, but without so much emphasis on it above the rest).</p>

<p>I'm also not opposed to the engineering side, although I haven't studied math for quite some time and might be a little slow on the uptake in physics, engineering and acoustics classes. Still, there's nothing I'm not willing to learn to be able to do what I want.</p>

<p>So far, my search hasn't turned up one completely sound answer (ha!), and it's likely that it never will--but I need some help from experienced users like yourselves. I've looked over many topics in this forum (including most tagged in this thread: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/957443-music-business-industry-management-technology-production.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/957443-music-business-industry-management-technology-production.html&lt;/a&gt;), on the AES website, and through contact with school administrators, but so far I'm coming up just a little bit short. I'm looking for a strong emphasis on audio engineering technology, combined with some studies in computer science and music, and with as little deviation from the subject matter as possible, so most BA degrees are out.</p>

<p>Tuition is also a factor; I'd rather not have to pay any more than $20,000 per year. Location, however, is not an issue. As long as the out-of-state tuition matches my ceiling, I'm willing to consider it. Financial aid and scholarships are a plus as well.</p>

<p>If anyone has any sort of suggestion, no matter how obvious it may seem, I would be grateful and absolutely willing to check it out. Thank you for reading!</p>

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<p>I should add that I’m from Pennsylvania and might be willing to go over that 20k limit if a more expensive school has a very clear advantage. Sorry if double-posting is frowned upon here; it doesn’t seem to want to let me edit the original one again.</p>

<p>A student chapter of the AES would be awesome, but I’m not going to restrict myself based on that. On the same token, any networking opportunities are definitely a factor.</p>

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<p>Now, this one actually is a bump. I’m already on the second page.</p>

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<p>Hi Synthesis,
Have you looked at the University of Hartford? They have an Audio Engineering Technology program that seems to be more like what you are looking for. The program is half music and half electronics and technology. I really would recommend looking at the school. It has a great reputation for Engineering and the Hartt school of music is one of the countries top music schools.</p>

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<p>I’ve narrowed down my search a bit, but would actually like to broaden it based on new information, if that makes much sense at all…</p>

<p>The schools that seem to best reflect the <em>curriculum</em> that I’m looking for are, in no particular order: American University, Webster University, and Mercy College. However, I’m really looking for a nice city environment, which puts the University of Colorado at Denver up there on the list as well, even though it includes the heavy music performance emphasis that I don’t want to have take precedence over the audio engineering side. But assuming the performance aspect doesn’t detract at all from the technology, then I’m all for it. I just don’t know enough about any of these programs to be able to move forward in my search.</p>

<p>American: [Audio</a> Technology Degree Programs & Information | American University, Washington, DC<a href=“looking%20at%20the%20BS%20w/%20a%20secondary%20emphasis%20in%20Computer%20Science”>/url</a></p>

<p>Webster: [url=&lt;a href=“http://explore.webster.edu/admissions/undergraduate/academicPrograms/audi.asp]Webster”&gt;http://explore.webster.edu/admissions/undergraduate/academicPrograms/audi.asp]Webster</a> University :: Audio Production](<a href=“http://www.american.edu/cas/performing-arts/audio-tech.cfm]Audio”>http://www.american.edu/cas/performing-arts/audio-tech.cfm)
[Webster</a> University Audio Program home page<a href=“course%20list%20is%20about%20halfway%20down%20the%20page”>/url</a></p>

<p>Mercy: <a href=“https://www.mercy.edu/academics/school-of-liberal-arts/department-of-music-and-fine-arts/bs-in-music-industry-and-technology/[/url]”>https://www.mercy.edu/academics/school-of-liberal-arts/department-of-music-and-fine-arts/bs-in-music-industry-and-technology/](<a href=“http://www.webster.edu/depts/comm/audioprod/audioprod.html#general%20info]Webster”>http://www.webster.edu/depts/comm/audioprod/audioprod.html#general%20info)</a></p>

<p>Denver: [url=&lt;a href=“College of Arts & Media”&gt;College of Arts & Media]Degrees</a> We Offer by Department | Academics | University of Colorado Denver<a href=“Recording%20Arts%20-%20MIS%20Track”>/url</a></p>

<p>So my new question is: Does anyone know anything about the programs at any of these schools, how they compare to each other, and any other comparable schools?</p>

<p>Any information that anyone might have on these schools would be of enormous help. Thanks!</p>

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<p>How can you beat NYU. It’s in Greenwich Village near famous recording studios. </p>

<p>[Music</a> Technology - NYU Steinhardt](<a href=“http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/technology]Music”>Music Technology | NYU Steinhardt)</p>

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<p>Oh man–I’d love the chance, but I don’t see myself getting into NYU. American is a stretch, too.</p>