Degree and Diploma Programs

Degree Programs

The Peabody Conservatory awards five degrees:

• The Bachelor of Music (BM):
  • Composition 
  • Hip Hop
  • Jazz Performance
  • Music Education
  • Music for New Media
  • Performance
  • Recording Arts & Sciences
• The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA): Dance
• The Master of Music (MM):
  • Composition
  • Film and Game Scoring
  • Music Education
  • Musicology
  • Music Theory Pedagogy
  • Performance (including specializations in:  Computer Music, Orchestral Conducting, Wind Conducting, and  Performance-Pedagogy emphasis)
  • The Master of Arts (MA) in Audio Sciences:
    • Acoustics and Recording Arts and Sciences
  • The Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA): ​
    • Composition
    • Performance (including specializations in:  Orchestral Conducting and Wind Conducting).

  Diploma Programs

  The Peabody Conservatory also awards three diplomas which are certificates:

  • The Performer’s Certificate (PC)
  • The Graduate Performance Diploma (GPD)
  • The Artist’s Diploma (AD)

  Peabody collaborates with the Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering to administer an undergraduate double-degree. However, for the purposes of the Peabody catalogue, this degree may be regarded as a modified BM or BFA degree.

  Degree and Diploma Programs

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance (BFA)
  • Bachelor of Music (BM)
  • Master of Music (MM)
  • Master of Arts (MA)
  • Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
  • Performer’s Certificate (PC)
  • Graduate Performance Diploma (GPD)
  • Artist’s Diploma (AD)