Bachelor in Music Performance (Bachelor's)

At Judson University, tuition costs 29,850 USD per year.

Students participate in regular auditions, rehearsals, and performances in ensembles such as jazz, percussion, piano, guitar, choir, and chamber singers. They perform in venues like Thulin Auditorium and the Chapel Stage on a riverside campus near Chicago’s music scene. The programme includes hands-on work in the Dark Room Studios for recording projects involving current students and alumni. Students also take core courses in music theory, history, and orchestration to build foundational skills.

Focus areas include Piano, Vocal, & Instrumental, Church Music, Composition, Studio Piano/Voice Teaching.

The programme includes a core curriculum in music theory, history, and orchestration, with performance opportunities in multiple ensembles. Students may pursue a minor in another discipline on campus, and the total credits are not specified on the page.

Graduates enter careers as professional performers, church musicians, private music instructors, recording artists, or music educators.

Applicants must submit an audition and meet general university admission requirements. Required documents include transcripts and a completed application form.

On-campus, full-time, with typical duration not specified. For international students, tuition is around the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 63% of applicants.

Judson’s campus sits on the banks of the Fox River in Elgin, a suburban town a short drive from Chicago. Students can explore a riverside setting while staying close to the museums, galleries, design studios, and other opportunities of the Chicago area. Campus life includes residence halls, 22 intercollegiate sports teams competing in the NAIA, chapel, Bible studies, prayer meetings, and university-sponsored events. Individual visits and a virtual tour provide ways to explore the campus, facilities, and dorms.

Academic life follows a liberal arts tradition within Judson’s evangelical Christian mission and Baptist heritage. More than 60 programs span architecture and interior design, art, biblical and Christian ministries, business, communication, computer science, criminal justice, education, exercise and sport science, mathematics and science, music, psychology, and social services. Architecture includes a one-year preceptorship, while programs in art, photography, chemistry, biology, accounting, and computer science combine professional preparation with small classes and faculty attention. Study options include undergraduate, master’s, doctoral, certificate, main-campus, Rockford-campus, and online formats.

International students join a community that includes learners from 28 countries and is predominantly, though not exclusively, Christian. Judson’s mission places faith, personal relationships, work, citizenship, and lifelong learning at the center of the educational experience. A 10:1 student-faculty ratio and 76% of classes enrolling fewer than 20 students support close academic contact. Financial aid is available through scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study positions, and more than 99% of students receive assistance.