The University of Pennsylvania program, which used to be excellent, has been closed to admissions for 2 years now. The university's leadership is cutting smaller programs all across the arts in order to buffer the pocketbooks of the university trustees. At the undergraduate level there is almost nothing left in folklore.


Memorial University of Newfoundland and Indiana have the largest and strongest programs in North America. Both are excellent places for folklore and ethnomusicology. Look at their websites, check out the faculty, and look at the work of their graduates.

In Europe - check out University of Sheffield and University College of Cork.

You can also look into ethnomusicology programmes - but if you want a good balance of folklore and ethnomusicology - Memorial University and Indiana.