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Online Composition Programs

Programs with a verified link to composition whose official pages document online, hybrid or low-residency study. Fully online, hybrid and low-residency programs are labelled separately; a video audition or an online application does not make a program online.

Online music studyAll online music programs

Online study does not mean no travel, no live sessions or no equipment cost. Performance study depends on individual lessons, ensembles and recitals: each program states how they are delivered, which residencies are mandatory and where students may enrol.

What “online” means for each program

Each listing states what is taught online and what is not: mandatory campus attendance, residencies, in-person assessment, local placements, live attendance and time-zone requirements. Where a requirement is not published it is shown as not published, not as “none”.

Low-residency programs (1)

Mostly distance study with required periods on site. Never fully online.

  • Jazz Studies, Jazz Performance or Composition Concentration, M.M. (Online)

    North Carolina Central University · Master of Music in Jazz Studies MM / MMus

    Distance study with required residenciesCampus attendance: requiredLive attendance not publishedInternational enrolment: Not published

    Residency: Two consecutive summers · 4 weeks each summer · NCCU campus (page says on campus)In-person assessment: Capstone recital and lecture in the last summer residency

    Tuition not published

Hybrid programs (1)

Part online, part in person. Never fully online.

  • Bachelor of Music in Contemporary & Popular Music

    University of Maine at Augusta · Bachelor of Music in Contemporary & Popular Music BM / BMus

    Blended with required campus elementsCampus attendance: not publishedLive attendance not publishedInternational enrolment: Not published

    Local placement: Student teaching cannot be accommodated for students living outside of Maine (Music Education concentration)

    Tuition not published

2 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.