Areas of Study

Experience is calling. Find yours at UC's College-Conservatory of Music.

Nationally ranked and internationally renowned, CCM offers the benefit of a professional training conservatory within the setting of a comprehensive public university. Students have the opportunity to choose a course of study from nearly 120 possible majors across more than 20 academic departments.

Our degree offerings span the spectrum of the performing and media arts:

  • BM: Music Performance, Music Education, Commercial Music Production
  • BFA: Musical Theatre, Theatre Design and Production, Dance, Acting, Media Production
  • BA: Music
  • MM: Music Performance, Music Education, Composition, Music Theory, Musicology
  • MME: Music Education
  • MFA: Theatre Design and Production
  • MA/MBA: Arts Administration
  • AD: Music Performance, Opera
  • DMA: Music Performance, Composition
  • PhD: Music Theory, Musicology

CCM currently offers graduate certificates in Music Pedagogy and Suzuki Pedagogy, along with academic minors in both Music and Media Production.


Program Title Degree Location
Acting Bachelor's - BFA Uptown Campus
Arts Administration Master's - MA Uptown Campus
Ballet Bachelor's - BFA Uptown Campus
Bassoon Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Clarinet Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Classical Guitar Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Commercial Music Production - Film and Media Scoring Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Commercial Music Production Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Composition Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Composition Doctoral - DMA Uptown Campus
Composition Master's - MM Uptown Campus
Conducting - Choral Doctoral - DMA Uptown Campus
Conducting - Orchestral Doctoral - DMA Uptown Campus
Conducting - Wind Doctoral - DMA Uptown Campus
Conducting - Choral Master's - MM Uptown Campus
Conducting - Orchestral Master's - MM Uptown Campus
Conducting - Wind Master's - MM Uptown Campus
Double Bass Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Euphonium Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Film and Media Scoring Graduate Certificate - GC Uptown Campus
Flute Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
French Horn Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Harp Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Harpsichord Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Jazz Studies Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Jazz Studies Master's - MM Uptown Campus
Media Production Bachelor's - BFA Uptown Campus
Media Production Minors and Certificates - MIN Uptown Campus
Music - Composition Emphasis Bachelor's - BA Uptown Campus
Music Bachelor's - BA Uptown Campus
Music Minors and Certificates - MIN Uptown Campus
Music (Musicology) Doctoral - PHD Uptown Campus
Music Education Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Music Education Master's - MM Uptown Campus
Music Education Master's - MME Uptown Campus
Music Pedagogy Graduate Certificate - GC Uptown Campus
Music Performance Master's - AD Uptown Campus
Music Performance - Opera - Coaching Master's - AD Uptown Campus
Music Performance - Opera - Stage Directing Master's - AD Uptown Campus
Music Performance Doctoral - DMA Uptown Campus
Music Performance Master's - MM Uptown Campus
Musical Theater Bachelor's - BFA Uptown Campus
Musicology Master's - MM Uptown Campus
Oboe Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Organ Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Percussion Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Piano Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Saxophone Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Suzuki Pedagogy Graduate Certificate - GC Uptown Campus
Theater Design and Production - Costume Design Bachelor's - BFA Uptown Campus
Theater Design and Production - Lighting Design Bachelor's - BFA Uptown Campus
Theater Design and Production - Sound Design Bachelor's - BFA Uptown Campus
Theater Design and Production - Stage Design Bachelor's - BFA Uptown Campus
Theater Design and Production - Stage Management Bachelor's - BFA Uptown Campus
Theater Design and Production - Technical Production Bachelor's - BFA Uptown Campus
Theater Design and Production - Costume Design Technology Master's - MFA Uptown Campus
Theater Design and Production - Lighting Design Technology Master's - MFA Uptown Campus
Theater Design and Production - Makeup & Wig Design Master's - MFA Uptown Campus
Theater Design and Production - Sound Design Master's - MFA Uptown Campus
Theater Design and Production - Stage Design Master's - MFA Uptown Campus
Theater Design and Production - Stage Management Master's - MFA Uptown Campus
Theater Design and Production - Stage Properties Master's - MFA Uptown Campus
Theory Master's - MM Uptown Campus
Theory Doctoral - PHD Uptown Campus
Trombone Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Trumpet Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Tuba Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Viola Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Violin Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Violoncello Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus
Voice Bachelor's - BM Uptown Campus

Ready to Take Your Next Step?

Applications to enroll at CCM open on August 1 and close on Dec. 1 each year.

Next Lives Here

At the University of Cincinnati, we realize the impact our teaching, research, artistry and service can have on our community and the world. So, we don’t wait for change to happen. We break boundaries, boldly imagine and create what’s Next. To us, today’s possibilities spark tomorrow’s reality. That’s why we are leading urban public universities into a new era of innovation and impact, and that's how we are defining Next for the performing and media arts.

We're about engaging people and ideas - and transforming the world.

We are UC. Welcome to what's Next.