For over 71 years, the collaborative piano major has been one of the most important music performance programs at American universities and conservatories, such as the University of Southern California, the Julliard School of Music, and the New England Conservatory. For over half a century, these collaborative piano programs have been successful in the United States, and they continue to influence the field of music world-wide. Therefore, the development of collaborative piano programs in the United States not only plays a significant role for students who want to have a career in this field, but it has also influenced universities and music conservatories in countries all over the world. Furthermore, because the demand for excellent collaborative piano programs by music students and music scholars is growing world-wide, in order to meet that growing demand, it is both logical and timely to study how successful collaborative piano programs in the United States were both established and developed. This analysis can provide information that is integral to the effective development of high-quality collaborative piano programs. The purpose of this disquisition is to analyze how collaborative piano programs have flourished in the United States. More specifically, I will document the history of collaborative piano programs, the curricula for collaborative piano programs, and the influence of the collaborative piano programs to China. I will draw on the following sources: Martin Katz’s 2007 Book, The Complete Collaborator, Pei-Shan Lee’s 2008 dissertation, The Collaborative Pianist: Balancing Roles in Partnership, interviews with program designers, and surveys of music schools chosen from university websites and the directory list from the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). This disquisition will give a comprehensive understanding why these collaborative piano programs have become successful in the United States over the past 71 years.