Best Universities for Singing and Vocal Performance in North America

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#1 in Canada

#1 in the World

Enrollment: 27,651
Founded: 1827

2. University of Iowa

United States | Iowa State

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#1 in the United States

#3 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1225
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 88%

3. McGill University

Canada | Quebec State

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#2 in Canada

#6 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 37,888
Founded: 1821

4. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#2 in the United States

#8 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 61%

5. Stanford University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#3 in the United States

#9 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $17,998

6. Cornell University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#4 in the United States

#10 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,455

7. Ohio State University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#5 in the United States

#12 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 75%

8. Duke University

United States | North Carolina

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#6 in the United States

#14 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $23,422

9. University of Montreal

Canada | Quebec State

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#3 in Canada

#15 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 66,972
Founded: 1878

10. University of Florida

United States | Florida

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#7 in the United States

#20 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 92%

11. Princeton University

United States | New Jersey

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#8 in the United States

#21 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $19,811

12. Columbia University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#9 in the United States

#22 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $20,869

13. University of Washington - Seattle

United States | Washington

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#10 in the United States

#23 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Receiving Aid: 55%
Average Aid: $14,390
Enrollment: 55,620

14. University of California - San Francisco

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#11 in the United States

#24 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 3,126
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1864

15. University of Chicago

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#12 in the United States

#25 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $27,979

16. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

United States | Michigan

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#13 in the United States

#27 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 66%

17. Harvard University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#14 in the United States

#31 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $17,900

18. Rockefeller University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#15 in the United States

#32 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 286
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1901

19. Florida State University

United States | Florida

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#16 in the United States

#33 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Average SAT: 1315
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 95%

20. New York University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#17 in the United States

#36 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $30,730

21. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

United States | North Carolina

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#18 in the United States

#39 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1450
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 58%

22. University of Kansas

United States | Kansas State

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#19 in the United States

#40 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1170
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 93%

23. University of California - Los Angeles

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#20 in the United States

#42 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Receiving Aid: 60%
Average Aid: $22,441
Enrollment: 46,678

24. University of California - Berkeley

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#21 in the United States

#43 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Receiving Aid: 61%
Average Aid: $25,951
Enrollment: 45,699

25. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#22 in the United States

#44 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $21,519

26. University of Miami

United States | Florida

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#23 in the United States

#49 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1400
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $41,028

27. Michigan State University

United States | Michigan

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#24 in the United States

#50 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 97%

28. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#25 in the United States

#51 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 87%

29. University of Utah

United States | Utah

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#26 in the United States

#52 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1289
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 79%

30. Pennsylvania State University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#27 in the United States

#55 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1310
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 66%

31. Johns Hopkins University

United States | Maryland

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#28 in the United States

#56 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1555
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $22,844

32. Northwestern University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#29 in the United States

#59 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $23,341

33. University of Wisconsin - Madison

United States | Wisconsin

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#30 in the United States

#61 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Average SAT: 1435
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 60%

34. University at Buffalo

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#31 in the United States

#63 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 86%

35. Ryerson University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#4 in Canada

#65 in the World

Enrollment: 38,950
Founded: 1948

36. University of Texas at Austin

United States | Texas

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#32 in the United States

#69 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Average SAT: 1360
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 69%

37. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

United States | New Jersey

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#33 in the United States

#70 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1375
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 71%

38. California Institute of Technology

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#34 in the United States

#72 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Net Price: $23,397
Receiving Aid: 68%
Average Aid: $60,201

39. University of Arizona

United States | Arizona

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#35 in the United States

#73 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 98%

40. McMaster University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#5 in Canada

#75 in the World

Enrollment: 27,965
Founded: 1887

41. Queen's University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#6 in Canada

#78 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Enrollment: 30,386
Founded: 1841

42. University of Pennsylvania

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#36 in the United States

#85 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $26,017

43. Western University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#7 in Canada

#86 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 21,836
Founded: 1878

44. Indiana University - Bloomington

United States | Indiana

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#37 in the United States

#88 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1285
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 83%

45. University of Southern California

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#38 in the United States

#89 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1495
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $41,496

46. Boston University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#39 in the United States

#95 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1460
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,551

47. Brigham Young University - Provo

United States | Utah

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#40 in the United States

#97 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1370
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $14,643

48. University of Rochester

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#41 in the United States

#98 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $40,900

49. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#42 in the United States

#103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 80%

50. University of Kentucky

United States | Kentucky

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#43 in the United States

#106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 97%

51. Kent State University at Kent

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#44 in the United States

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1115
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 96%

52. University of British Columbia

Canada | British Columbia

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#8 in Canada

#109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 71,201
Founded: 1908

53. Iowa State University

United States | Iowa State

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#45 in the United States

#114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 89%

54. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

United States | Minnesota

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#46 in the United States

#117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 81%

55. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

United States | Louisiana

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#47 in the United States

#120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 93%

56. Bowling Green State University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#48 in the United States

#121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1125
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 98%

57. University of Pittsburgh

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#49 in the United States

#122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1360
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 87%

58. Yale University

United States | Connecticut

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#50 in the United States

#124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,044

59. University of California-San Diego

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#51 in the United States

#130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Receiving Aid: 70%
Average Aid: $24,176
Enrollment: 42,376

60. Simon Fraser University

Canada | British Columbia

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#9 in Canada

#140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1965

61. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

United States | Tennessee

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#52 in the United States

#142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 90%

62. University of Cincinnati

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#53 in the United States

#145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 87%

63. University of Colorado Boulder

United States | Colorado

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#54 in the United States

#146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1325
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 66%

64. University of California - Davis

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#55 in the United States

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Receiving Aid: 58%
Average Aid: $21,258
Enrollment: 39,707

65. University of North Texas

United States | Texas

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#56 in the United States

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1105
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 91%

66. Carleton University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#10 in Canada

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 9,109
Founded: 1942

67. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

United States | Colorado

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#57 in the United States

#155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Receiving Aid: 74%
Average Aid: $10,554
Enrollment: 33,500

68. University of Maryland - College Park

United States | Maryland

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#58 in the United States

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1445
Average ACT: 34
Receiving Aid: 65%

69. University of Ottawa

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#11 in Canada

#157 in the World

Enrollment: 42,027
Founded: 1848

70. Georgia State University

United States | Georgia

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#59 in the United States

#160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Average SAT: 1160
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 94%

71. University of Windsor

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#12 in Canada

#162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 16,092
Founded: 1857

72. University of Victoria

Canada | British Columbia

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#13 in Canada

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 15,999
Founded: 1963

73. Temple University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#60 in the United States

#168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $11,891
Enrollment: 30,205

74. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

United States | North Carolina

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#61 in the United States

#170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 90%

75. University of Alabama

United States | Alabama

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#62 in the United States

#172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1285
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 84%

76. York University

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#14 in Canada

#173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 53,000
Founded: 1959

77. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#63 in the United States

#180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Receiving Aid: 58%
Average Aid: $21,732
Enrollment: 26,068

78. Auburn University

United States | Alabama

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#64 in the United States

#182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1310
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 81%

79. University of South Carolina - Columbia

United States | South Carolina

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#65 in the United States

#183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 95%

80. Arizona State University - Tempe

United States | Arizona

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#66 in the United States

#184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $11,992
Enrollment: 79,593

81. Washington University in St Louis

United States | Missouri

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#67 in the United States

#186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $22,440

82. Vanderbilt University

United States | Tennessee

For Singing and Vocal Performance

#68 in the United States

#192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $26,689

83. CUNY Graduate School and University Center