Undergraduate Majors
With more than 40 majors to choose from, our curriculum offers you unparalleled opportunity to pick your path and find the right fit for you, whether you’re interested in Natural Sciences and Mathematics or Social Sciences, or Humanities like History and English are more your style.
Many of our majors also offer opportunities for internships and co-ops both locally and nationally, study abroad and service learning, where you make real-world impact on your community.
If you’re not sure which major is right for you, you’re not alone. Many incoming students aren’t sure with path is the right one—which may be why many of our first-year students choose our Exploratory Studies Program. Through Exploratory Studies, you’ll learn more about what each major has to offer, and whether it’s right for you.
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- Africana Studies
- Anthropology
- Arabic Language and Culture
- Archaeology
- Asian Studies
- Biochemistry
- Biological Sciences
- Chemistry
- Classical Civilization
- Classics
- Communication
- Digital Media Collaborative
- English
- Environmental Studies
- Exploratory
- Film & Media Studies
- French
- Games and Animation
- Geography
- Geology
- German Studies
- History
- Interdisciplinary
- International Affairs
- Journalism
- Judaic Studies
- Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino/a/x Studies
- Liberal Arts
- Mathematics
- Neuroscience
- Organizational Leadership
- Philosophy
- Philosophy: Cognitive
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public Relations
- Public Health
- Social Justice - BA
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Statistics
- Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Why study Music Education?
CCM’s Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education prepares future music teachers to serve as leaders in elementary and secondary schools. Prestigious faculty, performance opportunities and location in one of the country’s premier cities for the arts make this program the perfect choice for music education students looking to maximize their talents and gain an incomparable musical and academic education as they prepare to become pre-K–12 school music teachers.
Through an initial core program and three available specialty tracks (jazz, instrumental and choral/general), students develop functional, realistic music teaching skills. Students gain breadth and experience by working in Cincinnati’s diverse offering of music teaching settings (i.e., urban and suburban, school-based and community-based, public and private) and benefit from high quality professional-pedagogical preparation, a strong program of liberal education and experiences available in a conservatory environment. Students apply for and receive a special provisional license from the state of Ohio, permitting them to teach music pre-K–12. Through reciprocity agreements, this license is valid in many other states.
Music Education graduates and faculty have a major impact on the musical life of the city, the region and the nation as school music teachers, community arts personnel, church musicians and faculty members at colleges and universities. This profession also is fundamental to many other musical careers, whether player, singer, coach, conductor or composer. The program boasts a 100% employment rate.
CCM is a college within the University of Cincinnati, a major undergraduate university and graduate research institution of more than 40,000 students. The synergy created by housing CCM within a comprehensive public university gives the college its unique character and defines its objective: to educate and inspire the whole artist and scholar for positions on the world’s stage.
Career Possibilities
Graduates of CCM’s Music Education programs enjoy a 100% placement rate, most often as school music teachers, community arts personnel, church musicians, faculty members at colleges and universities, and students in advanced programs of study. Music Education graduates have a major impact on the musical life of their communities and the nation at large through teaching in schools, colleges and universities, conducting and performing as principal chairs in major symphony orchestras, singing in lead roles in opera houses throughout the world, and providing leadership through membership and elected positions with professional music and education organizations.
Major Maps
- Guide: Music Education Instrumental 2024-2025
- Guide: Music Education Instrumental 2023 - 2024
- Guide: Music Education - Instrumental 2022 - 2023
- Guide: Music Education: Jazz Specialization 2024-2025
- Guide: Music Education - Jazz Specialization 2023 - 2024
- Guide: Music Education - Jazz Specialization 2022 - 2023
- Guide: Music Education: Choral/General 2024-2025
- Guide: Music Education - Choral/General 2023 - 2024
- Guide: Music Education - Choral / General 2022 - 2023
UC Advantages and Special Opportunities
Described by The New York Times as "one of this country's leading conservatories," CCM offers students unparalleled opportunities to perform, learn and live in a thriving next-generation city known for its intense interest in the performing and media arts.
Nationally ranked and internationally renowned, CCM’s state-of-the-art facilities provide a highly creative and multidisciplinary artistic environment. The college serves as the largest single source of performing and media arts events in Ohio, and few schools can match the quality of its performing ensembles and theatrical productions.
CCM’s roster of eminent faculty offers professional training in all areas of the performing and media arts, including composition, musicology, theory, conducting, music education, opera, musical theatre, acting, technical arts for the stage, dance, arts administration and electronic media. Members of CCM’s faculty regularly receive distinguished honors for creative and scholarly work, and many maintain strong professional ties to the region’s leading arts entities.
Students will find an immensely competitive but mutually supportive and personalized “family” atmosphere. With its emphasis on experienced-based learning, CCM provides students with access to internship and performance opportunities with major organizations like the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra and Cincinnati Ballet. Students also benefit from the fact that Cincinnati frequently hosts major media and performing arts events and is home to the newly renovated Music Hall, one of the nation’s most beautiful and revered performance centers.
Admission Requirements
CCM’s admission requirements vary by program. Please visit the CCM Admissions website for additional information. All programs require both the appropriate University application followed by a pre-screening submission via CCM's Acceptd website, which must be completed and uploaded by Dec. 1.
Accreditation
The University of Cincinnati and all regional campuses are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
CCM’s founding schools (the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and the College of Music of Cincinnati) were both charter members of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). The requirements for entrance and graduation in all music programs are in accordance with the published regulations of NASM.
Quick Facts
BM in Music Education
Full-Time Program Duration
4.0 Years
Location
West Campus
Interest Areas:
Education
Performing Arts & Music
Contact
University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music
P.O.Box 210003
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0003
Phone: (513) 556-9479
CCM Admissions Office
ccmadmis@uc.edu