182 PhD programmes in Music in North America

This advanced Conducting degree program at thee University of Missouri - Kansas City offers students a chance to learn the art of conducting from top faculty, while also diving deep into the history and technical structure of a wide variety of musical genres.

Discover a new level of musical excellence with the doctoral degree in Trombone offered at 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 online Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Music Education at Boston University is a collaborative program that prepares music educators for advancement in their field by developing and honing research skills, sharpening proficiency in teaching techniques, and producing a dissertation of publishable quality that introduces new knowledge designed to push the field of music education forward.

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. 

The strength of Eastman’s Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media degree program at University of Rochester lies in the hard work expected of each student in every aspect of study, coupled with the individual attention received from faculty. 

The Early Music Program at the University of Rochester provides instruction and performance opportunities on a wide range of instruments and musical styles.