164 PhD programmes in Music in United States

We offer a phd degree in Orchestral Instruments at the Catholic University of America. Acceptance as a graduate student by the Departments of Music is required. 

Students in the Music - Music Theory and Cognition program at Northwestern University design a course of study incorporating their individual interests and a broad-based approach to contemporary music research. 

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Music Education offered at the University of South Florida is a research-focused terminal degree in the field.

Perform, teach, and participate in research and outreach as a Music graduate student at the University of Mississippi.

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

Music at Cornell University flourishes through an interdisciplinary approach that integrates the fields of performance, historical musicology, ethno-musicology, composition, and music theory.   

The Musical Arts - Conducting degree from The University of Arizona has emphases in composition, conducting, and performance. In the performance emphasis concentrations are available in bassoon, cello, clarinet, double bass, euphonium, flute, guitar, horn, harp, harpsichord, oboe, organ, percussion, piano, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, tuba, viola, violin, and voice. 

Students in the Music - Musicology program at Northwestern University design a course of study incorporating their individual interests and a broad-based approach to contemporary music research. 

Students in the Music - Composition and Music Technology program at Northwestern University design a course of study incorporating their individual interests and a broad-based approach to contemporary music research. 

Learn to channel the power of music when you lift the baton with this Conducting degree at the Texas Christian University. 

Take your musical talent to the highest level with this Strings degree at the Texas Christian University.

The Organ program at Johns Hopkins University leading to the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) provides students with the highest level of professional training in the art of musical performance or the craft of musical composition. 

The Doctor of Music program in Woodwind Performance at Florida State University offers a student much flexibility in choosing courses that will provide a comprehensive base for career development.  

Find your voice on the stage, in the classroom or in the world. We offer a DMA degree in Voice at the Texas Christian University. 

Focus your studies on woodwinds. At the Indiana University Bloomington, we offer a phd degree in Clarinet.

The Collaborative Piano graduate program at the Indiana University Bloomington prepares advanced piano students for professional collaborative careers.

The University of South Carolina School of Music prepares musicians for professional careers and leadership in music teaching, performance, composition, research and related fields. It offers this PhD in Music Education.

At Indiana University Bloomington, we offer our graduate students a doctoral program in Choral Conducting. 

Immerse yourself in the world of Guitar at the Indiana University Bloomington. We offer academic programs at every level, from bachelor’s to doctoral. 

At the Catholic University of America, the Doctor of Musical Arts — the Departments of Music's highest professional Composition degree — is designed for those students who have already demonstrated significant compositional achievement, and who show great professional promise.