What are the departments at these schools like?

College Majors Music Major
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I'm transferring in the fall, and I'm looking at these schools:</p>

<p>University of Maryland College Park
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Towson University
Saint Mary's College of Maryland</p>

<p>American University
Susquehanna University
Goucher College
Dickinson College
Lafayette College
Washington and Lee University</p>

<p>I'm definitely applying to the top 4, but I'm unsure about the last 6 (still narrowing). Does anyone know how good the music departments are at these institutions? I am a vocalist. I've done some research, so I have a little bit of an idea, but I was hoping I might be able to gain to insight from others who have had experience with these schools. </p>

<p>Many thanks,</p>

<p>FrayedPages</p>

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<p>My daughter is an instrumentalist and really liked Dickinson (this was a couple of years ago) because there seemed to be lots of students who were pursuing a double major/ minor with music. She had a trial lesson with the professor for her instrument there and liked her and the whole vibe. She eventually decided to pursue a BM (dual degree) so she did not attend but she liked the school a lot and they gave her a very nice scholarship. They have a strong foreign language department and are very big on study abroad.
We toured American and the music department seemed a bit removed from the rest of the campus and not especially lively when we walked through. At the time, she was thinking about music business and it was a very small program with only a handful of students.
We toured Lafayette and didn’t meet a single other person interested in music. It was very engineering oriented and no one seemed to know anything about their music department.
Goucher is featured in a book called Creative Colleges but I don’t know more than that. I am planning to go there with my other daughter for a tour in the spring…she is also interested in vocal so if anyone weighs in on your post, I’ll be interested too!
I have old college friends from Maryland who tell me St. Mary’s is lovely, right on the water…like a camp! </p>