If you get accepted to this school, you've no doubt hit a high note in your musical career. Berklee College of Music is one of the largest independent music college in the world, offers bachelor's degrees in a dozen majors including film scoring, jazz composition, music education, music production and engineering, performance, and songwriting. Located in Boston, the school has some 6,440 students and some 940 faculty members. Berklee has a student-to-faculty ratio of 12:1. Notable alumni include Branford Marsalis, Quincy Jones, Charlie Puth, Steely Dan vocalist Donald Fagen. Pianist Lawrence Berk founded the college in 1945. The school was named after his son, Lee Berk, who served as Berklee president from 1979 to 2004.