I certainly am not disagreeing that Boston Conservatory's program is a fine one. In fact, my own kid auditioned there and was offered admission. Had we not held the program in esteem, she wouldn't have made that trip to Boston to do so! (She did try to schedule her BoCo audition at Unifieds in New York City, but she ultimately couldn't make the schedule work with the required dance audition, so we schlepped to Boston!)
I just think it is an exaggeration to say that there is only one other program in the country on par with it. That's unprovable, no matter how much research you do. Students in MT programs at all of the top schools have to work hard to keep up and to continually improve, and a number of schools have senior showcases to which industry people show up.
Again, I am not in the least disputing that Boston Conservatory offers a fine program. I just don't believe that one can realistically quantify the quality of a program that trains musical theater performers.
