This post was originally published on The Washington Informer
By Stacy M. Brown
Howard University, the renowned historically Black college in Northwest D.C., finds itself in esteemed company alongside institutions such as the Abbey Road Institute in London, the Berklee College of Music in Boston and Spain, and the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts in Liverpool, England.
These distinguished higher education establishments have earned a spot on Billboard’s prestigious list of the best schools for music business degrees.
Billboard’s selection process, which refrains from ranking the institutions, is based on a comprehensive evaluation that includes executive recommendations, alum feedback, information furnished by each school, and a decade’s worth of reporting on music business programs. Publishers said the decision not to rank the schools stems from Billboard’s acknowledgment of widespread criticism surrounding conventional college ranking practices.