<p>Everything that musicprnt said is exactly on target.</p>
<p>A BM and a BS in Engineering is simply not realistic. In the time that it would take you to get both of those degrees, you could have gotten a bachelors, plus a masters, and be well on your way to a doctorate. Seriously, unless you are looking at a school that has really slack programs in both of those areas, it’s gonna take you 7 years to complete both degrees. There is virtually no overlap, and both of those degree programs are highly concentrated.</p>
<p>Honestly, if you applied for both programs they probably wouldn’t let you do it, or either they would just giggle and tell you to “go for it”.</p>
<p>But to answer your question, for someone who is an amazing performer who loves to spend 4 hours a day in a practice room alone, then I am sure that a music ed program would be harder than a performance program. For someone who is interested in learning a lot of different instruments and becoming a music teacher, I am sure that a performance degree would be harder than a music ed degree.</p>
<p>My son is doing a both (sortof), he is getting a BM in music ed, plus a performance certificate. Most college degrees only require 120 semester hours, his BM requires 132, plus an additional 16 or so for the performance certificate. He takes 18 credit hours each semester and went to summer school last summer. Thats already considered an “overload” by most students. I can’t imagine how you would be able to take more classes per semester. Thats why I am saying that a BM plus an engineering degree (which is also very demanding) isn’t realistic. </p>
<p>So which is easiest? Probably the Engineering degree if you are really good at math and science.</p>