Student Handbooks
Student Handbooks
Thank you for your interest in the College of Music at the University of North Texas. We are America's largest public-university music program and one of its most highly ranked. Our mission to "serve our diverse music culture with excellence, integrity, and imagination" translates into a curriculum and creative/research agenda that are broad, inclusive, and forward-looking.
Students in the UNT College of Music study with a highly acclaimed faculty of performers, composers, scholars and researchers, all of whom are dedicated to teaching the diverse student body that chooses to attend UNT. Students also have opportunities to work closely with internationally recognized guest artists and scholars through residencies, master classes and lectures.
UNT provides the quality of a private university at an affordable cost. We’ve been named one of America’s 100 Best College Buys® for 22 consecutive years.
See our cost of attendance information to discover how affordable a world-class music school education at UNT's College of Music really is.
The UNT College of Music became home to the nation’s first jazz degree in 1946 and—with nine big bands, four vocal jazz ensembles, more than a half-dozen specialty jazz ensembles and approximately 25 small groups—the program continues to thrive today.
UNT offers more than 70 student ensembles that enrich the musical community by producing more than 1,100 diverse recitals and concerts annually.