<p>One note on something compmom said, the joint NEC/Harvard program has maybe 1 or at most 2 students in it, it is basically almost non existent, and NEC/Tufts is the same was, most of the joint programs are very limited, and the level of the kids they accept is usually through the roof. </p>
<p>if he basically has few resources, he is likely to do better with aid from any of the schools, but free rides are pretty rare (they do happen). I think you S has to realize that often it boils down to where the chips fall, he may get lucky and Frost or Berklee or MSM or Mannes gives him a great scholarship, but it may be more likely that he will get a great package at a smaller, less competitive school (which doesn’t mean worse I might add, it all depends on the teachers). UNT has a big reputation in Jazz, and they also seem to be pretty affordable.</p>
<p>I know a jazz pianist/composer who is doing the Harvard/NEC route. And, if a student has significant need, Harvard actually does offer that mythical Full Ride!</p>
<p>Musicprnt, the Harvard/NEC program has quite a few students in it, from what I hear. The student in question here would, I think, clearly qualify.</p>
<p>I’d second Hartt, they offer generous aid to top applicants based on audition.
William Patterson in nj is affordable and supposedly very strong in jazz.</p>
<p>I just checked the faq for the joint harvard/nec program, this is from the website (I was wrong about it being 1 student, I suspect I was translating for a particular instrument, not in general):</p>
<p>“5-7 students are accepted each year to this program.”</p>
<p>Not impossible, but it is relatively few students. The Columbia/Juilliard program is relatively limited as well (it is similar to the NEC one, you get a UG degree from harvard/columbia, then get you MM from NEC/Juilliard; as an UG, you do lessons at the music school and have to go through juries to make sure you are making process).
Columbia/Juilliard also has an exchange program, where a student at Columbia can take lessons at Juilliard, I believe can do chamber (not so sure about that), but if they want to get an MM degree at Juilliard have to audition and apply into the joint program, but they don’t have to, they can get a 4 year degree from the UG and that is it. The joint program itself at Juilliard/ Columbia is fairly limited as well, it isn’t a lot of students, prob in the range of Harvard/NEC. It isn’t a dual degree program you would do at a college, where you would get a ba/bm at the same time, it is basically a BA/MM track (at Columbia, I think kids finish their UG in 3 years then do the MM in 2 years, but not sure).</p>