<p>Depends entirely on the student, and on whether music only, with lots of city gigging opportunities, is more important than Big Ten football or fraternities. I would argue that the level of jazz music is probably highest at Berklee, with Frost coming in second, followed by Jacobs and lastly UICU (jazz only! Classical is a different beast altogether!). </p>
<p>However, the environments are so different as to be incomparable. Berklee is not in any way a “typical” college environment, but it doesn’t purport to be. The city/no city, campus/no campus differences are very important, as are the types of players each of those schools attract.</p>