Legal Questions

I know I need to research on release forms for the people in my photographs, but I've also started to wonder about the music. 

Can I use commercial music in my video? I believe that normally one can use any music for whatever they want, as long as it is not for commercial purposes (i.e. make money off it). However, since this is an MFA project that will be 'published', can I still use commercial music? I assume I can, but this is something I will need to look into more.