Ivies and other top schools good in music

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey guys, so I was wondering which Ivies and the other top schools (Stanford, little ivies etc) are the best in music? I'm not talking about performance but general music studies, eg composition, critique, theory etc. but if it's performance you can still post it up here. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Cornell has an excellent music program. Highly rated.</p>

<p>[Cornell</a> University Department of Music Home](<a href=“http://music.cornell.edu/]Cornell”>http://music.cornell.edu/)</p>

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<p>Top 30 music Ph.D. programs per the highly regarded National Research Council (NRC) ranking (from the 1990s and a bit dated, but it gives an idea of which Ph.D.-granting departments have traditionally been highly ranked):</p>

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<p>[NRC</a> Rankings in Each of 41 Areas](<a href=“http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/nrc41.html]NRC”>http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/nrc41.html)</p>

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<p>try posting your Q in the Music Majors sub-forum for more detailed responses</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt and Oberlin</p>

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<p>The Peabody Music Conservatory of Johns Hopkins is a world class music conservatory.</p>

<p>NEMC has degree associations with Harvard and Tufts</p>

<p>URochester is great. Indiana, Oberlin, etc…</p>

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<p>Hi. Anyone have any thoughts/experiences about the quality of Carnegie Mellon U’s School of Music, particularly for undergrads and violin performance?</p>

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<p>stringin, both you and the OP should repost your question here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Plenty of advice and experiences from parents and students pursuing undergrad and grad music disciplines.</p>

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<p>I second Johns Hopkins U. w/ Peabody. The third best music conservatory in America.</p>

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<p>Ok. Thanks much.</p>

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<p>If you are interested in composition and theory, I second Cornell’s program.</p>

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<p>Penn is also very strong in composition, theory, and musicology–generally considered to be one of the top 10 in the country (as evidenced by the NRC ranking in my post, above).</p>