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USD 35460

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*Subject to change and other fees
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 Free

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48 months

Duration

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6.5

IELTS

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83

TOEFL

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60%

Min GPA

Program Overview

Our American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) approved program prepares you to work with children, teens and adults in a wide range of settings — including schools, hospitals, retirement communities and hospice settings. You learn to design, implement and evaluate therapeutic music experiences tailored to the individual needs of the clients you work with.

We place collaboration at the core of everything we do. We lead the field in Interprofessional Education, and you will be involved in program-wide and program-to-program learning experiences with health professions students that help you develop collaborative interdisciplinary skills.

You develop yourself as a musician in a wide variety of ways: work in community performances and special events specific to music therapy; take multiple semesters of clinical guitar, piano, voice and percussion to develop your clinical musicianship; and learn to work musically with clients and patients to meet their therapeutic needs.

Because music therapists work with clients who come from a wide variety of cultural, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds, we also place cultural competence and reflexivity at the core of your learning. You learn the importance of practicing cultural humility, understanding the cultural meanings of music and designing music experiences that support and affirm the cultural heritage of the clients you work with.

In choosing to join the Shenandoah Conservatory family, you will access opportunities to learn to be a music therapist through cutting-edge virtual reality experiences, interprofessional education and simulation, and immersive local community and global learning. You will do so with the support of dedicated professors and clinical supervisors, in a warm, caring environment as part of a well-established conservatory program with a 45-year history. Come and be a part of this dynamic learning environment. Come to make a difference.

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Additional Information

Program Level 4-Year Bachelor's Degree

College/University Processing Time 30 Days

Program Format Full-Time

Optional Practical Training (OPT) work permit

Program Intake

Open

Aug 2025

Closed

Jan 2025

General Admission Requirement

    Academic Requirement

    • Minimum Level of Education Required: To be accepted into this program, applicants must have Grade 12 / High School Diploma.

    6.5 IELTS Score
    83 TOEFL Score Minimum Overall Score
    53 PTE Score Minimum Overall Score
    105 Duolingo Minimum Overall Score
    480 Sat Minimum Overall Score
    60% CGPA Minimum Overall Score

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    Tuition Fee

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    Average Tuition Fee Per Year

    35460

    Tuition Fee
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     Free

    Application Fee
    (USD)

    13378 Per year

    Average Cost of Living
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    Scholarships

    Scholarships Are Forms Of Financial Aid That Do Not Have To Be Repaid.

    Scholarships may be awarded based on academic merit, talent or affiliation. Scholarships large and small may be part of a student’s financial aid award. At Shenandoah University we provide a variety of scholarships to students. Our institutional aid is based on academic merit as well as need. All institutional aid is renewable for four years as long as the student remains at full-time and has a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5. Students must also meet Satisfactory Academic Progress. Awards will be divided equally between the Fall and Spring semesters.

    • Presidential Scholarship - $22,000 per year
    • Academic Scholarship - $7,000 – $17,000 per year
    • Academic Transfer Scholarship - $5,000 – $12,000 per year
    • Shenandoah University Conservatory Scholarship - $2,000 – $22,000 per year
    • Virginia Conference United Methodist Scholarship - $1,000 per year
    • Shenandoah Specialized Endowed Scholarships
    • International Scholarships - Up to $16,500
    • Tuition Exchange - Equal to tuition
    • Scholarships From Outside of Shenandoah University

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