Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
School of Audio and Music
College
BA / BA (Hons), BM / BMus, BS / BSc, MFA
6 researched programs
Illinois · United States
Music Schools in Chicago
9 researched institutions with a campus here, offering 37 music programs. Only actual campuses count; fully online programs are listed separately.
Programs by award and subject in Chicago
- Bachelor’s · Music Education (8)
- Bachelor’s · General Music Studies (7)
- Bachelor’s · Music Performance (6)
- Bachelor’s · Composition (4)
- Bachelor’s · Jazz Studies (4)
- Master’s · Music Education (4)
- Master’s · Classical Voice (3)
- Master’s · Composition (3)
- Master’s · Music Performance (3)
- Master’s · Piano (3)
- Bachelor’s · Audio Engineering and Recording (2)
- Bachelor’s · Bassoon (2)
- Bachelor’s · Cello (2)
- Bachelor’s · Clarinet (2)
- Bachelor’s · Classical Voice (2)
- Bachelor’s · Flute (2)
- Bachelor’s · French Horn (2)
- Bachelor’s · Harp (2)
- Bachelor’s · Oboe (2)
- Bachelor’s · Percussion (2)
- Bachelor’s · Piano (2)
- Bachelor’s · Saxophone (2)
- Bachelor’s · Trombone (2)
- Bachelor’s · Trumpet (2)
- Bachelor’s · Tuba (2)
- Bachelor’s · Viola (2)
- Bachelor’s · Violin (2)
- Diploma · Music Performance (2)
- Master’s · Bassoon (2)
- Master’s · Cello (2)
- Master’s · Clarinet (2)
- Master’s · Collaborative Piano and Accompaniment (2)
- Master’s · Flute (2)
- Master’s · French Horn (2)
- Master’s · Oboe (2)
- Master’s · Percussion (2)
- Master’s · Saxophone (2)
- Master’s · Trombone (2)
- Master’s · Trumpet (2)
- Master’s · Tuba (2)
9 schools
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
School of Music
University
BM / BMus, BS / BSc, MM / MMus, Certificate, BA / BA (Hons)
5 researched programs
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Music program
University
BA / BA (Hons)
1 researched program
North Park University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
School of Music, Art, and Theatre
University
MM / MMus, BA / BA (Hons), Other bachelor’s award
3 researched programs
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Department of Music and Dance
University
BM / BMus, MA, BA / BA (Hons)
3 researched programs
Roosevelt University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Music Conservatory, Chicago College of Performing Arts
University
MM / MMus, Other diploma, BM / BMus, BA / BA (Hons)
8 researched programs
Saint Xavier University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Music program
University
BM / BMus, BA / BA (Hons)
2 researched programs
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Department of Music
University
PhD, BA / BA (Hons)
4 researched programs
VanderCook College of Music
Chicago, Illinois, United States
VanderCook College of Music
College
Other bachelor’s award, Other master’s award, BM / BMus
5 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 Chicago: what the researched records show
Our researched records for Chicago cover 9 institutions (Columbia College Chicago, DePaul University, Loyola University Chicago, North Park University and 5 more) with 37 music programs taught at a campus here. Fully online programs are not counted as local.
By level: 1 certificate, 2 diplomas, 24 bachelor’s programs, 7 master’s programs and 3 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, Ethnomusicology, Film, Television and Game Scoring, General Music Studies, Jazz Studies and 8 more.
Instruments with a verified degree or principal-study pathway here: Bassoon, Cello, Clarinet, Classical Guitar, Classical Voice, Double Bass, Euphonium, Flute, French Horn, Harp and 9 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, 8 require an audition.
3 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. 10 programs list funding.