<p>If you’re interested in SUNYs, check out SUNY Purchase College - it has a music conservatory as well as a college of liberal arts; it’s a small environment and is known as an “artsy” place. Purchase is also just an hour north of NYC and the distance can be traveled by public transit, in case you’re interested in seeing performances in the city. You can also minor in music here, and the music minor is pretty serious - including private lessons, theory, solfege, orchestral participation and music history.</p>
<p>-University of Miami is also probably a match for you, and it has the Frost School of Music.
-Southern Methodist University could be another match for you; they have the Meadows School of the Arts with a music major.
-Depaul University in Chicago is another match option.
-Loyola New Orleans has a school of music with a performance concentration, but emphasizes that students may minor or major in another field.
-Duquesne has a school of music but is also a great school in Pittsburgh that is a match for you.
-Rollins College in FL has a department of music that may appeal to you while also having a math major.</p>
<p>Other suggestions for matches are Temple, Samford (AL), Boston U.</p>
<p>As a side note, a lot of people will say that you need to go somewhere with a lot of graduate-level math courses, and may insist that a small college or directional state U may not have enough for you. That’s only true, IMO, if you’re coming in as a VERY advanced math student - aka you’ve already taken multivariable calculus and several other math classes. Most college math curricula are designed for students who are starting from calculus I; even if you start in calculus II, you’re really only one class ahead, and most college students at top schools (and many in mid-ranked schools) have taken calculus I in college. There are enough classes at most LACs to round out the math major of someone starting calculus II (or even calculus III) in their first semester. Most colleges will also let you take cognate courses (like physics or computer science) to round out the major, and programming languages are a good idea for an actuarial hopeful.</p>