Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, California, United States
Music Department
University
MA, DMA, PhD
3 researched programs
United States
Music Schools in California
51 researched institutions with a campus here, offering 297 music programs. Only actual campuses count; fully online programs are listed separately.
Cities in California with researched programs
- Los Angeles (6)
- Riverside (3)
- San Francisco (3)
- Irvine (2)
- San Diego (2)
- Arcata (1)
- Azusa (1)
- Bakersfield (1)
- Berkeley (1)
- Camarillo (1)
- Carson (1)
- Chico (1)
- Claremont (1)
- Costa Mesa (1)
- Fresno (1)
- Fullerton (1)
- Glendora (1)
- Hayward (1)
- Hollywood (1)
- La Jolla (1)
- La Mirada (1)
- Long Beach (1)
- Northridge (1)
- Orange (1)
- Pasadena (1)
- Redlands (1)
- Sacramento (1)
- San Bernardino (1)
- San Jose (1)
- San Luis Obispo (1)
- Santa Barbara (1)
- Santa Clara (1)
- Santa Clarita (1)
- Santa Cruz (1)
- Seaside (1)
- Stanford (1)
- Stockton (1)
- Thousand Oaks (1)
- Turlock (1)
- Valencia (1)
Programs by award and subject in California
- Bachelor’s · Music Performance (48)
- Master’s · Music Performance (38)
- Bachelor’s · General Music Studies (37)
- Bachelor’s · Music Education (26)
- Bachelor’s · Composition (25)
- Bachelor’s · Piano (16)
- Master’s · Composition (16)
- Bachelor’s · Jazz Studies (11)
- Bachelor’s · Opera and Vocal Studies (11)
- Certificate · Music Performance (11)
- Master’s · Piano (11)
- Master’s · Conducting (10)
- Bachelor’s · Cello (9)
- Bachelor’s · Double Bass (9)
- Bachelor’s · Music Business and Industry (9)
- Bachelor’s · Music Production (9)
- Bachelor’s · Saxophone (9)
- Bachelor’s · Viola (9)
- Bachelor’s · Violin (9)
- Doctoral · Music Performance (9)
- Bachelor’s · Bassoon (8)
- Bachelor’s · Clarinet (8)
- Bachelor’s · Flute (8)
- Bachelor’s · Oboe (8)
- Bachelor’s · Percussion (8)
- Bachelor’s · Trombone (8)
- Bachelor’s · Trumpet (8)
- Diploma · Music Performance (8)
- Doctoral · Composition (8)
- Doctoral · Musicology and Music History (8)
- Bachelor’s · Classical Guitar (7)
- Master’s · Collaborative Piano and Accompaniment (7)
- Master’s · Violin (7)
- Bachelor’s · Harp (6)
- Bachelor’s · Music Technology (6)
- Bachelor’s · Organ (6)
- Bachelor’s · Popular and Contemporary Music (6)
- Doctoral · Ethnomusicology (6)
- Master’s · Bassoon (6)
- Master’s · Cello (6)
51 schools
Colburn School
Los Angeles, California, United States
Colburn Conservatory of Music
Conservatory
BM / BMus, MM / MMus, Certificate, Artist Diploma, Other diploma
5 researched programs
Concordia University Irvine
Irvine, California, United States
Music Department (School of Arts and Sciences)
University
BA / BA (Hons)
1 researched program
La Sierra University
Riverside, California, United States
La Sierra Department of Music
University
BA / BA (Hons), BM / BMus, Certificate
4 researched programs
Los Angeles College of Music
Pasadena, California, United States
Los Angeles College of Music
College
BM / BMus, MM / MMus, BA / BA (Hons), MA
21 researched programs
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California, United States
Department of Music (College of Communication and Fine Arts)
University
BA / BA (Hons)
1 researched program
Musicians Institute
Hollywood, California, United States
Musicians Institute (College of Contemporary Music)
College
BM / BMus, MM / MMus, Certificate
12 researched programs
Point Loma Nazarene University
San Diego, California, United States
PLNU Department of Music
University
BA / BA (Hons)
3 researched programs
San Diego State University
San Diego, California, United States
SDSU School of Music and Dance
University
BM / BMus, Artist Diploma, MM / MMus, MA
7 researched programs
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, California, United States
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Conservatory
Artist Diploma, Certificate, MM / MMus, BM / BMus
35 researched programs
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California, United States
SF State School of Music
University
BA / BA (Hons), BM / BMus, MM / MMus, MA
4 researched programs
San José State University
San Jose, California, United States
SJSU School of Music and Dance
University
BM / BMus, BA / BA (Hons), MM / MMus
6 researched programs
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, California, United States
SCU Department of Music
University
BA / BA (Hons)
1 researched program
Stanford University
Stanford, California, United States
Stanford Department of Music
University
Other bachelor’s award, MA, DMA, PhD
6 researched programs
The Los Angeles Film School
Los Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles Recording School (division of L.A. Film School)
College
BS / BSc
1 researched program
The Master’s University and Seminary
Santa Clarita, California, United States
Paul T. Plew School of Music
University
BA / BA (Hons), BM / BMus
3 researched programs
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, United States
UC Berkeley Department of Music
University
BA / BA (Hons), PhD
2 researched programs
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California, United States
UC Irvine Department of Music
University
BM / BMus, BA / BA (Hons), MFA, PhD
4 researched programs
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
University
BM / BMus, BA / BA (Hons), MM / MMus, DMA, MA, PhD
17 researched programs
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, California, United States
UC Riverside Department of Music
University
BA / BA (Hons), MA, PhD
4 researched programs
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California, United States
UC San Diego Department of Music
University
BA / BA (Hons), PhD, DMA
5 researched programs
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California, United States
UC Santa Barbara Department of Music
University
BA / BA (Hons), DMA, BM / BMus, MA, PhD, MM / MMus
6 researched programs
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California, United States
UC Santa Cruz Music Department
University
BM / BMus, BA / BA (Hons), MA, PhD, DMA
5 researched programs
University of Redlands
Redlands, California, United States
Conservatory of Music
University
BM / BMus, MM / MMus, Artist Diploma, BA / BA (Hons)
9 researched programs
How results are ordered: alphabetically by institution, or by most recently checked when you choose that sort. There is no price ranking, because tuition in different currencies, fee categories and bases (per year, per credit, whole program) is not comparable. A program appears under a subject only through a verified link (dedicated degree, major, concentration or documented pathway). A value we could not verify is shown as “not published”, never as “no”. Items marked Sponsored are paid placements; they never change verification or order. Online programs are not counted as physically located in a state or city, and an institution’s location does not tell you whether it enrols students from your country.
Music education in California: what the researched records show
Our researched records for California cover 51 institutions (Academy of Art University, Azusa Pacific University, Biola University, California Baptist University and 47 more) with 297 music programs taught at a campus here. Fully online programs are not counted as local.
By level: 26 certificates, 8 diplomas, 149 bachelor’s programs, 83 master’s programs and 31 doctoral programs. Awards are shown exactly as the institutions title them; a certificate or diploma is never presented as a degree.
Subjects with a verified link to a program here: Audio Engineering and Recording, Collaborative Piano and Accompaniment, Composition, Conducting, Early Music and Historical Performance, Electronic Music, Ethnomusicology, Film, Television and Game Scoring and 14 more.
Instruments with a verified degree or principal-study pathway here: Bassoon, Cello, Clarinet, Classical Guitar, Contemporary Voice, Double Bass, Drum Set, Euphonium, Flute, French Horn and 12 more.
None of the programs here yet carries a program-level accreditation record in our data. That reflects what we have verified so far, not a judgement about the programs.
Admissions: of the programs listed, 84 require an audition.
76 programs publish tuition, each shown in its own currency, fee category and basis (per year, per credit or whole program), which is why tuition is never ranked across programs. 6 programs list funding.