Frequently Asked Questions

Yes! We are accredited nationally by:
ACCSC

We are also licensed and certified by:
Texas Workforce Commission Career Schools and Colleges Department of Education Veterans Association Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board NC-SARA

Tuition covers the cost of attending TRCOA. Additional costs include book purchases, tech pachages, web hosting, LLC licensing, and more.

Yes, TRCOA offers traditional Student Financial Aid through the:
FAFSA Application

As well we offer pay as you go stipend plans and in-house student loan style payment plans for tuition costs. Loan style payment plans are approximately four-year terms and are not deferred. This means that you would put 10% down when you enroll and then have reasonable monthly payments for approximately 4.5 years. To review all payment options visit:
Getting Enrolled or call 512.231.0344

All Programs are approximately 18 months. All individual classes are four months. The length of programs and classes vary slightly due to the fact that most classes are taught one on one.

TRCOA's programs and classes are designed to work with your schedule. Most classes are taught one on one and can often be scheduled for evenings or weekends. Additionally, the Austin studios and lab time are generally availlable to students 24/7.

Any resident of the US may attend TRCoA, however, at this time, TRCoA can not provide an international student with a student visa. If you need a student visa then it is recommended that you concurrently attend Austin Community College as they have the ability to petition for F1/J1 Student Visas.

You will need a minimum of approximately 20 free, rested hours a week for our non-degree programs. The time commitment of these hours is not flexible but when these hours are scheduled is very flexible. About 4-6 hours a week will be spent in flexibly scheduled, one on one course instruction. The rest of the hours will be lab hours scheduled by you and will be spent producing your many assigned projects. For more information complete an:
Information Request or call 512.231.0344

There are many different arrangements under which an audio engineer, music producer or video producer can run their business. You can work from your home suite or simply build "engineer rate" relationships with existing studios. Then you will charge your clients an additional amount for yourself. As an alumni service you will always be able to use the studios here to do single free songs for potential clients and if you have a paying client it will only cost you $15/Hr.

To set up a time for an in person or virtual tour please complete an:
Information Request or call 512.231.0344

Appointments can be schedule for day, evening or weekends.

For your recording projects, you can bring in any artist you would like. Some students will bring in bands that are in a specific genre for the majority of their projects. Other students will focus on a wider experience and work with artists in different genres or even on such projects as film audio. We will instruct you on how to best meet and approach artists for your recording projects. Austin is all about independent film and live music, artists are always interested in working with TRCOA students.

Yes. TRCOA encourages you to work with different artists but students are free to work on their own music projects.

TRCOA does not require you to focus on a specific genre and in general, will encourage you to work in a wide variety of genres for your projects. The more diverse you are the more marketable you will be.

We encourage students to produce one to three songs per project. As you progress beyond the 1st Term we will be encouraging you to do single songs with the intent to create a client. This means you will only do one song for free to build a relationship with the artist. If the artist wants to do more then they will then become a client and pay your negotiated studio rate.

The Austin studios are available to the students 24/7 and are booked via a communal calendar. Studio times and use in other cities are negotiated per studio owner.

No you do not need to have experience. TRCOA has designed its courses to give you all the tools you will need to go from complete novice to becoming a successful recording engineer/producer/videographer/music business entrepreneur.

New classes and programs start every month on the 15th.