Simpson College

Simpson College is a music school in Indianola, Iowa, located at 701 N C St. It holds a rating of 4.50 based on customer reviews. The college's music department is housed in the Amy Robertson Music Center, where the Director of Choral Studies also leads the Master of Music in Choral Conducting program and serves as an assistant professor of music. A director of jazz and trumpet is part of the faculty as well. Music is one of the academic departments at the college, which offers more than 80 undergraduate majors, minors, concentrations, and pre-professional programs, along with online programs in fields such as human services and marketing and graduate programs in areas including choral conducting.

Founded in 1860, Simpson has built a long tradition of liberal arts education on its 85-acre campus in Indianola. The college enrolls 1,201 full-time undergraduates, with students from 42 states, and 75 percent of them come from Iowa. It was ranked the number one college in Iowa by U.S. News & World Report in 2024 and received four out of five stars from Money's Best Colleges in America in 2024. Every student receives one or more scholarships, and 93 percent of first-year students say they made the right choice attending Simpson. Campus life includes 22 varsity sports, more than 70 intramural activities, a fitness center, over 50 clubs and organizations, professionally produced plays and operas, concerts and recitals, art exhibits, and literary journals.

The campus sits along N C St in Indianola. The Black Box Theatre is on the grounds, and the Kent/Cowles Center sports facility and Buxton Park are both about a tenth of a mile away. Dunn Library and the Carver Cultural Center are also roughly a tenth of a mile from the college.

Simpson College has earned a positive rating from the customers who have reviewed it. With its music faculty, choral conducting graduate program, and performing arts calendar, it serves as a center for music education and performance in Indianola.