164 PhD programmes in Music in United States

This Organ Performance degree at Florida State University is offered to candidates who have achieved distinction in public performance and who demonstrate ability to execute research and scholarly study.

Our Ph.D. Music Theory graduates at Florida State University have an extremely enviable placement record going back for many years.

The University of Arizona offers the Music degree with concentrations in the fields of Composition, Conducting, and Performance, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree with concentrations in Music Education, Music Theory, and Musicology.  

The UC College-Conservatory of Music offers students unparalleled opportunities to perform, learn and live in a thriving next-generation city known for its intense interest in the performing and media arts. This Conducting - Choral program is offered at the University of Cincinnati.

The University of Maryland School of Music provides an exceptional professional musical education within the context of a college of arts and humanities and a major research university. If offers this doctoral degree in Music Education.

The Music Education program is offered by University of Memphis. Train to teach from the moment you step on campus. Our well-respected music education curriculum at Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music is based on musicianship, teaching and research and is taught by the finest faculty in the field. 

Discover a new level of musical excellence with the doctoral degree in Voice at Indiana University Bloomington.

The Doctor of Arts (DA) degree in Music at Ball State University is unique in the industry in that it combines a strong primary study area, a robust secondary emphasis that is more significant than most other programs, and an emphasis on integrating teaching, performance, and scholarship appropriate to your area of study.

Discover a new level of musical excellence. We offer a doctoral degree in Viola at Indiana University Bloomington.

The Department of Music at the University of Virginia supports Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowships for students from historically underserved communities in preparation for admission to Ph.D. programs.

Graduate studies in Music Theory at the University of Washington prepare students for careers in academia and performance. 

The Music program from Columbia University incorporates three areas: historical musicology, ethnomusicology, and music theory. 

Graduate studies in Music (Wind Conducting) at the University of Washington prepare students for careers in academia and performance. 

Graduate studies in Music (Orchestral Conducting) at the University of Washington prepare students for careers in academia and performance; our programs also promote individual courses of study that allow musicians, scholars, and composers to aspire to excellence in performance, research, and creation. 

The Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Rice University is designed for musicians who desire careers that combine performance or composition with an academic appointment.

Prepare for a career as a professional harpist. We offer a doctoral degree in Harp at the Indiana University Bloomington. 

The Music Theory course at the Rutgers University enables students to take advantage of both the professional conservatory setting within Mason Gross School of the Arts and the broad, humanistic environment of a major research university.

The UC College-Conservatory of Music offers students unparalleled opportunities to perform, learn and live in a thriving next-generation city known for its intense interest in the performing and media arts. This Conducting - Orchestral program is offered at the University of Cincinnati.

DMA Conducting (Choral) majors at University of Rochester specialize in choral, orchestral, or wind conducting, but also conduct in areas other than their principal repertory. 

The DMA Music Education programs at University of Rochester provide students with a music education degree that has a strong performance component.