[6][7][8] The “Film & TV” and “Multimedia” tracks of CCM’s BFA program in Media Production are also accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

CCM's first opera department was established in 1917 under the leadership of Ralph Lyford, an American composer and conductor.

[17] In 1966, the directorship of the ballet company passed on to David McLain, who at the time also headed CCM's Dance Division.

[30] CCM also offers a wide variety of arts elective courses that are open to all University of Cincinnati students.

[48] CCM offers a BFA in acting designed to train students for the dramatic theater as well as for work in film and television.

[50] In 2015, The Hollywood Reporter named CCM number 12 on its list of the top 25 undergraduate drama schools in the world.

[67] The program offers a general Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in media production, as well as an academic minor.

It requires two semesters of internships, a year-long capstone, and 18 credits in a minor or certificate program in addition to general education foundation from classes across campus.

The Albino Gorno Memorial Music Library also contains group study spaces, high fidelity media players and a computer lab.

[79] CCM's on-campus media production facilities include a television studio, audio recording studio, 4K Avid Editing lab, Bearcast radio station, multiple audio/video/multimedia workstation labs, digital cinema cameras, lighting, grip and field audio production equipment.

[88] The performance spaces are utilized by the college's large number of performing ensembles, which include: Corbett Auditorium, Patricia Corbett Theater and the Cohen Family Studio Theater are also utilized by CCM's Division of Theatre Arts, Production and Arts Administration (TAPAA), which produces approximately 16 musicals, opera, plays and dance productions annually.

[91] CCM holds the #2 spot on Playbill's list of "10 Most Represented Colleges on Broadway," behind New York University.

[97][98] Created in 2011, OF:NW offers composers or composer/librettist teams the opportunity to workshop an opera during a 10-day residency in Cincinnati.

OF:NW's current co-artistic directors are Robin Guarino from CCM and Evans Mirageas from Cincinnati Opera.

[100] From the program's inception in 2011 through 2018, Guarino was co-artistic director alongside Cincinnati Opera's Marcus Küchle.

OF:NW has fostered the development of 12 new American operas to date, including The Hours, Awakenings, Castor and Patience, Hadrian, Intimate Apparel, Some Light Emerges, Fellow Travelers, Morning Star, Champion and Doubt.

[120][121] The Sports Media Production program is run by Emmy Award-winning faculty member Joe Brackman.