Bachelor’s degree · BM / BMus
Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies
The Ohio State University · School of Music · Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of Music in Jazz StudiesBM
- Subject
- Jazz Studies
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Undergraduate jazz studies degree covering performance, arranging and composition, education and music industry preparation.
- Department
- School of Music
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
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- Official award
- Bachelor of Music in Jazz StudiesBM
- Award family
- BM / BMusA Bachelor of Music or BMus, exactly as titled by the awarding institution.
- Qualification level
- Bachelor’s degree
- Qualification standing
- Academic qualificationA degree, or a certificate or diploma awarded by a degree-awarding institution within a national qualifications framework.
- Orientation
- Orientation not published
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz Studies | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
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Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Columbus campus
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition required
- Audition details
- Format: Live audition
- Audition application deadline: Audition days: December 5, 2026; January 16, 2027; February 13, 2027. University application deadline January 15 (year not printed); apply by November 1 for most university merit scholarships.
- Jazz saxophone, trumpet, trombone and piano: about one-half page of music demonstrating lyric legato playing such as jazz ballad style; about one-half page of music from any standard jazz composition that demonstrates jazz technique; two or three choruses of blues improvisation in the key of your choice; sight-reading.
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Deadlines
- Undergraduate audition day (admission for the 2027-2028 academic year; no bassoon on this date) · 2027-28 (2026)
- Undergraduate audition day · 2027-28 (2027)
- Undergraduate audition day (no jazz guitar, no jazz trumpet) · 2027-28 (2027)
Fees and costs
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The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether lessons, accompanists, practice rooms, instrument hire, software, recording, recitals, travel and residency costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, whether a previous degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 25 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 25 October 2026)