Ideas for good state schools for music

University of NorthTexas—great school of music, great academic scholarships available which come with an out of state tuition waiver, music scholarships also come with OOS tuition waiver. We pay about $15k per year after academic and music merit and with no need based aid.

But this isn’t an easy way to explore interests. A music Ed degree is full time. At UNT it can be done in four years if you have a lot of AP credit or use summer terms to fit in all the requirements. This is pretty true of an undergrad music Ed degree anywhere. Lots of degree requirements to fit in.

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Ohio State. You may have missed the deadline for merit from Ohio State itself but it looks like their school of music has separate merit that comes into play after the audition. “All talent-based music scholarships are made by faculty recommendation after your audition. These awards are separate and in addition to any merit-based or need-based scholarships that may be offered by the university.”

If you have missed the music school deadlines, perhaps look at a BA in music at these larger universities. Many schools will let you take lessons and audition in to the program at a later date. But honestly… my son is in the exact same situation with being really interested in music and music ed but not 100% sure. He is applying to nearly all liberal arts colleges so he can easily explore and/or switch majors.

Thanks!! It’s a hard spot to be in-

@shellgirl I am still confused by your original post: can you clarify? You wrote that your daughter does not want a “conservatory approach.” What does this mean to you? No freestanding conservatory or do you mean no BM program?

And if she is looking at small, private “liberals” is she looking at BA or BM programs? Ditto publics.

Hi!! To me a conservatory approach usually means an audition and most to the course work would be music. She definitely wants to stay involved with music but also is interested in other college courses for that traditional college experience. So maybe a BA in music.

That’s what I thought. So she would want to avoid some of the suggested schools since the BM program students might get the best teachers and performances. A liberal arts college WITHOUT a BM program would be ideal with some exceptions, like Oberlin’s BA in Musical Studies.

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agree

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