A program that focuses on the study of the principles of sound manipulation as applied to the creation of music, and the techniques of creating and arranging music. Includes instruction in aural theory, melody, counterpoint, complex harmony, modulation, chromatics, improvisation, progressions, musical writing, instrumentation, orchestration, electronic and computer applications, studies of specific musical styles, and development of original creative ability.
| School | State | Control | CCCU Member | ABHE Member | Total Bachelor's Degrees | Total Bachelor's Programs | Bachelor's Programs Partially Online | Bachelor's Programs Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty University | VA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Rochester | NY | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion | AZ | Public | No | No | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Capital University | OH | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Furman University | SC | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Denver | CO | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oberlin College | OH | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | Public | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco Conservatory of Music | CA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Belmont University | TN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of North Texas | TX | Public | No | No | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nazareth College | NY | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pacific Union College | CA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | TX | Public | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bradley University | IL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The New England Conservatory of Music | MA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Palm Beach Atlantic University | FL | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | IL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SUNY at Purchase College | NY | Public | No | No | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio University-Eastern Campus | OH | Public | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Converse University | SC | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Portland State University | OR | Public | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johns Hopkins University | MD | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan State University | MI | Public | No | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The Catholic University of America | DC | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Miami | FL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wheaton College | IL | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ouachita Baptist University | AR | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Susquehanna University | PA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Georgia | GA | Public | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SUNY College at Potsdam | NY | Public | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | OH | Public | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chapman University | CA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willamette University | OR | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ithaca College | NY | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| California Institute of the Arts | CA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The University of the Arts | PA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Samford University | AL | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stetson University | FL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Augustana College | IL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanderbilt University | TN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington State University | WA | Public | No | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevecca Nazarene University | TN | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of the Pacific | CA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest Nazarene University | ID | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center | NY | Public | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | PA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rice University | TX | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Michigan University | MI | Public | No | No | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Central Washington University | WA | Public | No | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cairn University-Langhorne | PA | Private Non-Profit | No | Yes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gardner-Webb University | NC | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles College of Music | CA | Private For-Profit | No | No | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Point Loma Nazarene University | CA | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The Juilliard School | NY | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Newberry College | SC | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pepperdine University | CA | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Union University | TN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwestern University | IL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Campbell University | NC | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DePaul University | IL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Southern Methodist University | TX | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ball State University | IN | Public | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Butler University | IN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Temple University | PA | Public | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Washington University | WA | Public | No | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bushnell University | OR | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Film School | CA | Private For-Profit | No | No | 76 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Loyola University New Orleans | LA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Central Michigan University | MI | Public | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Northern Iowa | IA | Public | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedarville University | OH | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hardin-Simmons University | TX | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The University of Montana | MT | Public | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maryville College | TN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Akron Main Campus | OH | Public | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roosevelt University | IL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SUNY at Fredonia | NY | Public | No | No | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | Public | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio University-Main Campus | OH | Public | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacksonville University | FL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma Baptist University | OK | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | NY | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Manhattan School of Music | NY | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornell College | IA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | IN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Musicians Institute | CA | Private For-Profit | No | No | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Webster University | MO | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Academy of Art University | CA | Private For-Profit | No | No | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oral Roberts University | OK | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lipscomb University | TN | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Baldwin Wallace University | OH | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brigham Young University | UT | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| St Olaf College | MN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico | PR | Public | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Madonna University | MI | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis & Clark College | OR | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Southern California | CA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Valparaiso University | IN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilberforce University | OH | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio University-Lancaster Campus | OH | Public | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City | MO | Public | No | No | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Institute of Music | PA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Connecticut State University | CT | Public | No | No | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Biola University | CA | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CUNY Brooklyn College | NY | Public | No | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwestern University | TX | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of California-Los Angeles | CA | Public | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bucknell University | PA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of the Incarnate Word | TX | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmhurst University | IL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nyack College | NY | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Coe College | IA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Tulsa | OK | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DigiPen Institute of Technology | WA | Private For-Profit | No | No | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| California Baptist University | CA | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wichita State University | KS | Public | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Jones University | SC | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Jewell College | MO | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bennington College | VT | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The College of Wooster | OH | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio University-Southern Campus | OH | Public | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Berklee College of Music | MA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 149 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Boise State University | ID | Public | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shenandoah University | VA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Olivet Nazarene University | IL | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida State University | FL | Public | No | No | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Baptist University | TX | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Southern Adventist University | TN | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The College of Idaho | ID | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest University | WA | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Idaho | ID | Public | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| College of the Ozarks | MO | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi College | MS | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | OH | Public | No | No | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | CA | Public | No | No | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rider University | NJ | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Boston University | MA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Institute of Music | OH | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence University | WI | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Concordia College at Moorhead | MN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lynn University | FL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | Public | No | No | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Redlands | CA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Northwestern-St Paul | MN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Syracuse University | NY | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio University-Zanesville Campus | OH | Public | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Oregon | OR | Public | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The New School | NY | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | Public | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Baylor University | TX | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Houghton College | NY | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Minnesota-Duluth | MN | Public | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oakwood University | AL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor University | IN | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitman College | WA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Youngstown State University | OH | Public | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Dayton | OH | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus | OH | Public | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma City University | OK | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The University of Texas at El Paso | TX | Public | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Maryland-Baltimore County | MD | Public | No | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| New York University | NY | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trinity University | TX | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keene State College | NH | Public | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Columbia College Chicago | IL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DePauw University | IN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia Southern University | GA | Public | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson-Newman University | TN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| School | State | Control | CCCU Member | ABHE Member | Total Bachelor's Degrees | Total Bachelor's Programs | Bachelor's Programs Partially Online | Bachelor's Programs Fully Online |