What are some well-known music colleges?

Some of the best known music colleges in the United States are the Julliard School in New York, the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Other notable schools include the Eastman School of Music and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

While many notable music schools are private institutions, there are many public universities with famous music schools such as Indiana University at Bloomington, Florida State University and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Some music schools specialize in specific genres of music, such as the Berklee College of Music, which is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world.