Top Music Therapy Schools
List of top schools and colleges offering music therapy programs:
The University of Kansas
- Music education and music therapy at KU are recognized as among the finest programs in the world. The University's degrees and programs in music therapy include bachelor's, graduate equivalency, master's, and doctoral.
- The music therapy programs are accredited through the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA).
Alverno College
- Alverno's Music Therapy or Music Therapy Equivalency programs are designed to prepare students for careers in health care using the art of music as therapeutic treatment. The Equivalency program is designed for those who already have a college degree and are interested in becoming board certified music therapists.
- Alverno's Music Department is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) and is approved by the AMTA.
Berklee College of Music
- Students in the music therapy program learn to apply music's enormous force to improve the quality of life of individuals with special needs.
- The college is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and authorized under federal law to enroll non-immigrant students and to train veterans under the G.I. Bill of Rights.
Western Michigan University (WMU)
- One of the first accredited programs in the nation, the music therapy program includes training at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
- WMU's music therapy program is one of only a select group of universities that incorporate principles of Neurologic Music Therapy in the student's academic and clinical work.
- The music therapy program is fully approved by the AMTA.
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The University of Kansas
- Music education and music therapy at KU are recognized as among the finest programs in the world. The University's degrees and programs in music therapy include bachelor's, graduate equivalency, master's, and doctoral.
- The music therapy programs are accredited through the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA).
Alverno College
- Alverno's Music Therapy or Music Therapy Equivalency programs are designed to prepare students for careers in health care using the art of music as therapeutic treatment. The Equivalency program is designed for those who already have a college degree and are interested in becoming board certified music therapists.
- Alverno's Music Department is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) and is approved by the AMTA.
Berklee College of Music
- Students in the music therapy program learn to apply music's enormous force to improve the quality of life of individuals with special needs.
- The college is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and authorized under federal law to enroll non-immigrant students and to train veterans under the G.I. Bill of Rights.
Western Michigan University (WMU)
- One of the first accredited programs in the nation, the music therapy program includes training at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
- WMU's music therapy program is one of only a select group of universities that incorporate principles of Neurologic Music Therapy in the student's academic and clinical work.
- The music therapy program is fully approved by the AMTA.
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