The Double Degree Program

Oberlin’s Double Degree Program combines a thorough liberal arts education with exceptional preprofessional music training. In five years or fewer, double-degree students complete work for the Bachelor of Music degree from the Conservatory of Music and the Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of Arts and Sciences. About 40 students enter this program each year.

The Double Degree Program is an option for students who want to expand their possibilities for life beyond Oberlin. Many graduates go on to careers that run the gamut from professional musicians to business professionals. The advantage is that they are well prepared for whatever profession they choose.

Ace of Clubs

July 27, 2017

A circuitous route through Oberlin led directly to a dream job for Gabe Pollack ’11, who today manages a popular jazz club in the Cleveland area.
Around the World with a Watson Fellowship

May 23, 2017

May 2017 graduates Kirk Pearson (on right) will explore invented instruments, while Paulus Van Horne will study the effects of noise in megacities.
Sounds of TIMARA...Today

April 3, 2017

Double-degree student Judy Jackson '18 blends her love of computers and computer music.
Four Days in Portugal

December 9, 2016

Oberlin flute students join their mentor at an international music conference.
Sounds of the Sea

November 23, 2016

Double-degree violinist Sophie Davis ’17 explores the connections between music and the environment.
Business and Pleasure and Ballerinas

May 16, 2016

Thanisa Durongkaveroj ’18, an international student from Thailand, seeks balance among her many interests.
Four Hands, Two Voices, One Family

May 3, 2016

Multitalented pianists Chelsea and Chloe DeSouza accompany each other just about everywhere.
Max Bessesen '16 Receives Beebe Fellowship

April 29, 2016

A double-degree student and member of the Echoes jazz quartet, Bessesen will study Carnatic music in India.
Fast Forward to Commencement Day

February 11, 2016

Pianist Daniel Hautzinger ’16 will finish two degrees in the time it takes most students to complete one.
Oberlin Student Mitchell Herrmann Named a Marshall Scholar

November 30, 2015

Prestigious honor will support two years of graduate study in the United Kingdom following completion of a double degree.
Aiming for the Orchestra

March 13, 2015

Hunter Gordon ’14 studies bassoon full-time at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, hoping to begin his career as a professional musician.
Coding and Composing

March 13, 2015

Eli Stine ’14 unites his two passions, music and computer science, as a Jefferson Fellow in the Composition and Computer Technologies Ph.D. program at the University of Virginia.