Catholic Colleges With Music Degree Programs

Creighton University

• Creighton University is a leading Roman Catholic Jesuit institution that has been educating students since 1878. The university is located steps away from downtown Omaha, Nebraska, and as of 2010, the school has an enrollment of approximately 7,400 students. Creighton University's School of Music offers a Bachelor's of Arts degree with a specialization in music and a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in music theater. The specialization in music program offers coursework in musicianship, performance, ensemble, ear and sight training, piano and vocal skills. The music theater program offers classes in conducting, theater, the history of music theater, production, acting and choreography.

  Creighton University
  2500 California Plaza
  Omaha, NE 68178
  (402) 280-2509
  crieghton.edu

DePaul University

• Established in 1898, DePaul University is a private, Roman Catholic college that is located in the heart of Chicago. The university is the largest private school in the state of Illinois, with approximately 25,000 undergraduate and graduate students. DePaul University's School of Music offers undergraduate, graduate and teacher certification programs. The undergraduate programs include a Bachelor's of Science degree in sound recording technology and a Bachelor's of Music degree that encompasses performance, jazz studies, composition, music education and performance arts management. The graduate program offers master's degrees in music education, jazz and composition. The DePaul University School of Music offers a distinguished faculty of professional musicians that are members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra.

  DePaul University
  1 E. Jackson
  Chicago, IL 60604
  (312) 362-8000
  depaul.edu

University of Notre Dame

• The University of Notre Dame is one of the most famous Catholic institutions of higher learning in the country and it is ranked among the Top 20 national universities by U.S. News and World Report. The University is located minutes away from South Bend, Ind., on an expansive campuses filled with gothic and modern buildings. The University of Notre Dame School of Music offers an extensive undergraduate program with concentrations in history and theory. The coursework includes harmony, 20th century music structure and style, musicianship, history, jazz opera, wind ensembles, opera and the politics and economics of music. Music students are required to participate in recitals, performances and ensembles each semester during their tenure in the program and they are taught by accomplished musicians that have worked professionally throughout the world. The University of Notre Dame's theology department also offers a graduate degree program in sacred music.

  University of Notre Dame
  105 Crowly Hall
  Notre Dame, IN 46556
  (574) 631-6211
  nd.edu