OK...I'm gonna sound like your dad here....but first, let me say it's great that you're contemplating these things already. So, IMO there are some fundamental questions that need to be asked and answered when choosing a college and/or career path:
1. What are you good at? Do your strengths lean towards math and science, or more the creative side (language and the arts)?
2. What life experiences to you have that might make you bend toward one field or another. In other words, do you find yourself a people person or tend to prefer working alone? Do you prefer people or "things?" Do you prefer working with your hands, or your head?
3. Do you even have enough life experience to evaluate these questions yet (you said you're a junior - that makes you about 17, right...)?
4. What do you envision yourself doing 5, 10, 25 years from now to make a living. Keep in mind, very few people realistically earn a decent living playing music full time. Find some "older" musicians you respect and talk to them about this part.
Talk to your guidance counselor about all this...if there's no connection with your counselor, seek out "someone" you trust and admire to help...don't quit until you find the "right" person.
Use the answers to these (and other) questions to evaluate where you might fit into a given college and specific degree program.
And, you are correct in asking what schools have a bass program integrated into their music curriculum...perfect!
I had a chance at a music scholarship when I was your age and passed it up. I wonder sometimes what life would have been like had I taken that road... Don't ever give up your dream just to make money, but be a realist at the same time.
To answer your question - have you looked into the Bass Collective in NYC?
