The MT program at Univ of AL is very good & it’s competitive in the southeast, even though not one that is really talked about here. D didn’t audition there because almost everyone from her school goes to Auburn or Alabama & that wasn’t what she wanted. Auburn has a program, but it’s not audition, and you don’t really hear anything about it. Samford is a good local school, but not a program we hear a lot about. University of Montevallo actually also has a good program & is beautiful (Rebecca Luke’s alma mater) - you audition after you’ve been in the program (don’t know enough about it to know when). We have a friend graduating from Belmont now & she has loved it. UAB has a new program, but the campus is not pretty like the others. Happy to help if you have more questions.