The Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, was founded in 1945. It offers more than 130 online music courses and programs. Berklee offers online degrees in Music Production, Guitar, Songwriting, Bass, Arranging, Keyboard, Voice, Music Business, Theory, Harmony and Ear Training. Its most popular online courses include Lyric Writing: Tools and Strategies, Guitar Chords 101 and Desktop Music Production for PC. Berklee's online music program has won several UCEA Best Online Course awards, including one for its Concert Touring course in 2008. Notable students include Zac Baird, Korn's touring keyboard player, and MC Lars, Nettwerk recording artist. According to the online instructor of Harmonic Ear Training Roberta Radley, "the Berklee Music online school allows me the opportunity to present my course concepts and lessons that I've developed over the past 20 years simultaneously to students all over the world."
The Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music, established in 1872, is one of the nation's oldest music education programs. Online, it offers a Master of Music in Music Education and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Education. Courses in the Master of Music degree include Introduction to Music Education Research, Foundations of Music Education I: Philosophy and History, and Introduction to Music Education Research. Courses offered in the Doctor of Musical Arts degree include Critique in Music Education, Quantitative Research Methods in Music Education, and Ethnographic Fieldwork Methods. Students who earn an online music degree earn the exact same degree as on-campus students. According to the school's web site, "the number of resources available to help students stay on track is so comprehensive, that many students have said that they feel more support in the online program than during any on-campus course."
Valley City State University in Valley City, North Dakota, was founded in the early 20th century. Valley City's online music courses are not self-paced but are offered concurrently with classes on campus via real-time videoconferencing. Classes are archived so that students who miss a class can catch up. Online office hours allow students to "meet" with their instructors. Valley City offers courses in Music Fundamentals, Music Theory, Aural Skills, Basic Conducting, Music Business, Music History, Applied Pedagogy and Piano Pedagogy. Valley City's music majors include Music, Music Education and Music with an Emphasis in Business.