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If you're passionate about music and envision yourself performing, conducting, teaching, composing, or working as a music therapist, you'll thrive here. Enjoying creative expression through choral, instrumental, jazz, pop, classical, or marching band performances? At Iowa, you'll discover abundant opportunities to pursue these interests and beyond. Our music alumni have established successful careers as performers, therapists, and educators.
The University of Iowa School of Music maintains its standing among the nation's top university music programs, with global recognition in the fine arts community.
With approximately 470 music majors, our program strikes the perfect balance—large enough to offer robust specialization options yet intimate enough for personalized mentorship to nurture your talents. We welcome both majors and non-majors, providing comprehensive coursework for dedicated students while offering diverse music classes and performance opportunities for all interested students.
Students must meet the following requirements for admission: completion of academic upper secondary school (generally a total of 12-13 years of primary and secondary education); a corresponding secondary school diploma or leaving certificate; completion of minimum high school course requirements of the following: 4 years of English/language arts; 2 years in a single language of world languages; 3 years including courses in physical science, biology, chemistry, environmental science and physics of natural science; 3 years of social studies; 2 years of algebra; and 1 year of geometry.
English Language Requirements: