Maryland
Peabody Conservatory of Music (Baltimore) Located in the heart of Baltimore’s Mount Vernon Cultural District, the Peabody Institute was founded in 1857 as America’s first academy of music. Today the Peabody boasts a preeminent faculty, a nurturing, collaborative learning environment, and the academic resources of one of the nation’s leading universities, John Hopkins. Contact: David Lane, 1 E. Mt. Vernon Place, 410-659-8110, fax: 410.659.8102, admissions@peabody.jhu.edu  Deadline: 12/1. Tuition: $31,400. Degrees: 1-6,9,13. 724 music major, 160 faculty. 2 bands, 2 jazz bands, 2 orch., many ch. groups, 2 chor. www.peabody.jhu.edu 

University of Maryland (Baltimore County) Bachelor of Arts degree provides professional training by esteemed faculty. Contact: Connie Bailey, Dept. of Music, 1000 Hilltop Cir., 410-455-2942, fax: 410.455.1181, baileyc@umbc.edu  Deadline: 12/1. Tuition: $16,776 res., $25,508 non-res. Degrees: 1,2,4,5,9,13. 105 music majors, 38 faculty, 11,798 total students. 1 band, 3 jazz bands, 1 orch., 6 ch. groups, 1 chor. www.umbc.edu/music 

University of Maryland (College Park) Contact: Ashley Fleming, 301-405-8435, fax: 301.314.7966, musicadmissions@umd.edu  Deadline: 12/1. Tuition: $7,906 res., $21,345 non-res., grad.: $7,398 res., $15,948 non-res. Degrees: 1-6,9. 550 music majors, 100 faculty. (2006 data)

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