This program is designed to prepare students, in association with a rehabilitation team or in private practice, to use music in therapeutic relationships to address patients’ physical, cognitive, emotional, psychological, and social needs. This program frequently includes in depth instruction in music theory and performance, biomedical sciences, human growth and development, abnormal psychology, patient assessment and diagnosis, disabling conditions, treatment plan development and implementation, record-keeping, clinical evaluation, and professional standards and ethics.
Below are colleges and universities providing majors, degrees, and training programs in Music Therapy.
- Anna Maria College Paxton, MA
- Arizona State University Tempe, AZ
- Baldwin-Wallace College Berea, OH
- Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH
- College of Wooster Wooster, OH
- Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO
- Converse College Spartanburg, SC
- Drury University Springfield, MO
- Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA
- East Carolina University Greenville, NC
- Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI
- Florida State University Tallahassee, FL
- Howard University Washington, DC
- Immaculata University Immaculata, PA
- Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA
- Lubbock Christian University Lubbock, TX
- Mansfield University of Pennsylvania Mansfield, PA
- Marywood University Scranton, PA
- Molloy College Rockville Centre, NY
- Montclair State University Upper Montclair, NJ
- Nazareth College Rochester, NY
- Queens University of Charlotte Charlotte, NC
- Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX
- Shenandoah University Winchester, VA
- Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA
- Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX
- St. Mary-of-the-Woods College St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
- SUNY College at Fredonia Fredonia, NY
- Temple University Philadelphia, PA
- University of Dayton Dayton, OH
- University of Evansville Evansville, IN
- University of Georgia Athens, GA
- University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
- University of Miami Coral Gables, FL
- University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND
- University of the Pacific Stockton, CA
- Utah State University Logan, UT
- Wartburg College Waverly, IA
- Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI