Program Recognition
•Named to Billboard magazine's 2025 "Top Music Business Schools" list for the sixth consecutive year
•NASM accredited (National Association of Schools of Music)
Training
•Curriculum spans the recording and entertainment industries, business affairs, intellectual property law, and music theory/performance/history
•Business coursework available in business law, marketing, management, and accounting
Professional Development
•Required Music Industry Internship/Field Experience; recent placements include Paradigm Records, The Royalty Network, and Chung King Studios
•Annual student trip to The NAMM Show in Los Angeles, the world's largest music products trade show
•The Music Industry Club runs Red Dragon Records, the student label that records and releases a selected SUNY Oneonta artist each year
Facilities
•Four recording and post-production studios linked by a fiber-optics system for simultaneous multi-room recording
•Two digital keyboard/MIDI/theory labs running Pro Tools, Reason, Ableton Live, GarageBand, and Practica Musica
Degree Flexibility
•Audio Arts Production minor (open to Music Industry majors) adds Pro Tools certification
