LIPA offers degrees in all areas of popular, contemporary and commercial music including instrumental and vocal performance, songwriting, production. We also offer degrees in related areas such as music management and sound technology.

Focusing on popular, non-classical music, we design our programs to meet the changing demands of the arts and entertainment industries.  

Fast Facts

• More affordable than many U.S. schools

• Competitive admission

• 3-year undergraduate degrees, 1-year graduate (master’s) degrees

• 1:1 student to faculty instrumental/vocal training tailored to student needs (on performance based music courses only)

• No general education classes

• 80+ dedicated performance and technical spaces including 6 recording studios open 24/7

• More than 50 performances annually, from dance shows to musicals, from contemporary dramas to music and film festivals

• Faculty (known as “Tutors”) are active producers, writers, performers. 1:10 staff:student ratio

• One of Billboard’s Top Music Business Schools for a third consecutive time

• Recent master classes by Paul McCartney, Mark Ronson, Robert Plant, John Altman, Maria Torres, Ellen Beth Abdi, Denise Harris and Mike Joyce

• Based in the city of Liverpool, England’s only UNESCO World City of Music

• Hosting the July 2025 UK/Europe conference of The Association for Popular Music Education (APME) Conference