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442 PhD programmes in Arts, Design & Architecture in United States

Christian Worship (Online)
This Christian Worship (Online) PhD program from Liberty University Online builds on your worship experience and previous music education by integrating a biblical focus as the basis and philosophy for scholarly worship research.

Architecture
The Architecture programme from Illinois Institute of Technology will help you explore the historic and contemporary intersections among architecture, culture, and technology through two areas of specialization: Technologies of the Built Environment and History, Theory, and Criticism.

Music Education (Online)
Throughout this Music Education (Online) program from Liberty University you can prepare to bring the gift of music to students of all ages.

Architectural Engineering
The Architectural Engineering programme from Illinois Institute of Technology is awarded in recognition of a high level of mastery in the field of architectural engineering and upon demonstration of a distinct ability to make substantial creative contributions to knowledge in the field.

Worship Studies - Ethnomusicology (Online)
This Worship with the Worship Studies - Ethnomusicology (Online) program from Liberty University can equip you to interpret non-Western musical genres, styles, and performances.

Music Education (Online)
Throughout this Music Education (Online) PhD program from Liberty University Online you’ll conduct advanced research and make valuable contributions to the discipline.

Human-Centered Computing
The Human-Centered Computing PhD programme from University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) is oriented towards the production of knowledge on significant challenges in the design and use of technology by people.
Environmental Design and Planning
The interdisciplinary Environmental Design and Planning program at Kansas State University takes advantage of the diverse but interrelated nature of the college’s design and planning disciplines. This program represents the comprehensive nature of our professional community and reflects how our faculty and the profession interact in practice.
Architecture
Architecture from University of California, Berkeley is a research degree appropriate for those seeking careers in teaching and scholarship in architecture and its related areas, or in roles in government or professional consultation that require depth in specialization and experience in research.
Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
The Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at University of California, Berkeley offers a professional graduate degree, the Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA), and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning.
Keyboard Performance
The Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) degree at the University of Miami Frost School of Music is offered in Keyboard Performance and Keyboard Performance and Pedagogy.
Musical Arts
Entering Doctor of Musical Arts students at The University of Iowa must take two School of Music advisory examinations—one in music history and one in music theory.
Management - Design and Innovation
Delve into the disciplines of information systems and marketing and be prepared to research consequential issues faced by organizations and managers in Weatherhead School of Management’s PhD in Management - Design and Innovation program at Case Western Reserve University.
Hospitality Administration
The Hospitality Administration program at University of Nevada, Las Vegas is a 60-credit, multi-conceptual and research-based degree program designed to produce top quality hospitality and tourism educators and researchers.
Music - Theory
The University of Arizona offers the Music - Theory degree with emphases in Composition, Conducting, Ethnomusicology, Music Education, Music Theory, Musicology, and Performance (Instrumental, Harpsichord, Organ, Piano, Piano Accompanying, Piano Performance and Dance Accompanying, and Voice).
Music Theory - Composition
The Ph.D. degree in Music Theory - Composition from Kent State University prepares composers, research scholars and college/university teachers in the areas of music theory and composition.
Voice
The mission of the School of Music at the University of Oklahoma is to advance learning, teaching, scholarly and creative activity, and service. The school offers this degree in Voice.
Music
At the University of Georgia we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Music. The dual title of this degree as musicology / ethnomusicology acknowledges the current academic approach to music scholarship that unites, rather than separates these fields of inquiry.
Choral Conducting
The mission of the School of Music at the University of Oklahoma is to advance learning, teaching, scholarly and creative activity, and service. The school offers this degree in Choral Conducting.
Art History
When it comes to earning a PhD in Art History, there are few better places to do so than Case Western Reserve University.