Welcome @jazzyjamie , my D was in a similar position last year and I started a thread here about her journey.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/1666721-contemporary-vocal-performance-and-music-business-programs.html
We’re in CT now, previously from NY and know the whole NYSSMA process.
Here’s a lengthy list of schools she’s considered that offer Popular Music:
- Berklee
- Columbia College Chicago
- Miami - Frost
- The New School - School of Jazz Contemporary Music
- McNalley Smith
- Loyola New Orleans
- University of Memphis
- LIPA - Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts - UK
- Leeds College of Music - UK
- Salford University - Manchester UK
- Middle Tennessee State
- NYU - Clive Davis School of Recording Arts
- Drexel
- Five Towns College
- College of Saint Rose
- University of New Haven
- Colorado - Denver
- Syracuse
- New Jersey City University
- William Patterson
- Cincinnati
- Cal Arts
- Cal State Northridge
- USC - Thorton
- SUNY Oneonta
Popular Music programs are pretty hard to find - Good Luck!