Privately run studios offer programs that issue their own certificate at the end, which might suit a part-time student or someone with little time. The Cue Studios Center for Audio Engineering in Falls Church, Virginia, features 100 hours of instruction for $6,750, along with programs of other lengths and prices. Two-year vocational qualification programs are also available at many colleges around the country. The Art Institute of Philadelphia offers a two-year associate of science degree and internship.
The University of Miami is one of the first universities in the nation to offer a bachelor's degree in music engineering through its music school. Audio engineering degrees are earned through the engineering school. Depending on the university, audio engineering degrees can be bachelor's of science with more of a bend toward engineering or a degree or arts and music with elements of performance instruction.
Audio engineering is not only for recorded music -- it extends to game design, too. Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida, is a private university that encompasses production techniques and equipment in its game design master's degree program. Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia offers master's programs in sound design in art and fine arts, which take one and two years, respectively.
Advanced studies in audio engineering encompass not only how to operate audio equipment but also the theory behind its design with emphasis on acoustics in different environments. The field of acoustics is made up of diverse disciplines. The master's and doctorate programs at Penn State include courses from various engineering departments as well as mathematics, physics, meteorology, geosciences, and speech communication.