Berkeley Conservatory of Music ranks second in the world. Founded in 1945, Berkeley Conservatory of Music is the largest independent contemporary conservatory in the world, which is famous for American pop music and jazz. According to the data in 2023, the Berkeley Conservatory of Music ranked second in the performing arts field in the qs World University Ranking, and ranked first in the American Academy of Art in US News and World Report. Berkeley Conservatory of Music was founded by Lauren Burke, a professor of piano and composition at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is mainly devoted to the education of pop music and jazz. 20 16 Berkeley Conservatory of Music merged with Boston Conservatory of Music, a famous classical conservatory. The two schools enjoy * * * in teaching resources, but remain relatively independent in enrollment and subject management, so as to give full play to their respective advantages in pop music and classical music.