University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music

America’s Top Undergraduate Music Programs in Music Business & Music Industry

This is the fifth post of an 8-part series on "Behind the Scenes of America's Top Undergraduate Music Programs." We explore top programs in the music business and music industry; and provide a spotlight of Drexel’s Music Industry Undergraduate Degree Program (MIP), NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Syracuse’s Bandier Program for Recording and Entertainment Industries, Northeastern’s concentration in music industry, and USC’s Thornton School of Music.

Maureen Meyer2025-12-15T11:59:09-05:00December 15th, 2025|Categories: Bachelor of Music, Berklee, Career in Music, Caroline Ferrucci, college, college admissions, college applications, college list, Collegiate Gateway, Fit, Juilliard, Julie Gross, Music Business, music career, Music conservatory, Music Industry, Music Major, Music Performance, Music Programs, Music Programs in Composition, Music Programs in Performance, New England Conservatory|Tags: auditions, Bachelor of Music, Belmont University School of Music, Berklee, Berklee College of Music, Boston Conservatory, Carnegie Mellon University, Caroline Ferrucci, collegiate gateway, Curtis Institute of Music, Drexel’s Music Industry Undergraduate Degree Program (MIP), Eastman School of Music, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Juilliard, julie gross, Manhattan School of Music, Middle Tennessee State University School of Music, music career, music major, music programs, Music programs in Performance, New England Conservatory, New York University’s Steinhardt, Northeastern’s concentration in music industry, Northwestern University, Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Oberlin, professional musician, Syracuse’s Bandier Program for Recording and Entertainment Industries, University of Miami Frost School of Music, university of michigan, University of Rochester, University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, USC’s Thornton School of Music, Yale University|

America’s Top Undergraduate Music Programs in Composition

This is the fourth post of an 8-part series on "Behind the Scenes of America's Top Undergraduate Music Programs," focusing on programs in music composition. The post highlights programs at the New England Conservatory, Julliard, Curtis Institute of Music, USC’s Thornton School of Music, University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, and Northwestern’s Bienen School of Music.

Maureen Meyer2025-12-12T11:41:42-05:00December 11th, 2025|Categories: Bachelor of Music, Berklee, Career in Music, Caroline Ferrucci, college, college admissions, college applications, college list, Collegiate Gateway, Juilliard, Julie Gross, music career, Music conservatory, Music Major, Music Performance, Music Programs, Music Programs in Composition, Music Programs in Performance, New England Conservatory|Tags: auditions, Bachelor of Music, Berklee, Boston Conservatory, Carnegie Mellon University, Caroline Ferrucci, collegiate gateway, Curtis Institute of Music, Eastman School of Music, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Juilliard, julie gross, Manhattan School of Music, music career, music major, music programs, Music programs in Performance, New England Conservatory, New York University’s Steinhardt, Northwestern University, Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, Oberlin, professional musician, university of michigan, University of Rochester, University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, Yale University|