The top 30 American conservatories are as follows:

University of Rochester (New York State), Indiana University Bloomington, Juilliard School (New York City) ), University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Curtis Institute of Music (Pennsylvania), New England Conservatory of Music (Massachusetts), Northwestern University (Illinois), Oberlin College (Ohio), University of Cincinnati (Ohio), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Yale University (Connecticut), Florida State University, Manhattan School of Music (New York City), University of Southern California, Johns Hopkins University (Maryland), University of North Texas, Cliff Lan Conservatory of Music, University of Texas at Austin, Arizona State University - Main Campus, Mannes School of Music (New York City).

Rice University (Texas), University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ohio State University, University of Hartford (Connecticut), San Francisco Conservatory of Music, New York University at Stony Brook, Kansas University, University of Miami, Boston University.

Michigan State University, Temple University (Pennsylvania), University of Arizona, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina, Washington University, Westminster Choir College (New Jersey), Boston.

Cheese College (New York), Louisiana State University and A&M College, North Carolina School of the Arts, South American University (Texas), University of Missouri-Kansas City, Carnegie Mellon University Concentrate University (Pennsylvania), Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Baylor University (Texas), Brigham Young University (Utah).