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170 PhD programmes in Music in United States

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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.

Ph. D. Part-time Online
4 years$7,593/yr

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.

Ph.D. Part-time Online
5 years$8,100/yr

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.

Ph.D. Part-time Online
5 years$8,100/yr

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. 

Ph. D. Part-time Online
4 years$7,593/yr
The University of Arizona4,3(46)
Tucson, United States Top 1% in Worldwide

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).  

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$23,400/yr
The University of Iowa4,3(3)
Iowa City, United States Top 2% in Worldwide

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. 

Ph. D. Full-time On-campus
$32,776/yr
Yale University4,3(51)
New Haven, United States Top 0.1% in Worldwide

Music

Students interested in graduate degrees in performance, composition, or conducting should direct their inquiries to the Yale School of Music at the Yale University.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 yearsFree
University of Oklahoma4,5(30)
Norman, United States Top 3% in Worldwide

Music Education

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 PhD degree in Music Education.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
$11,128/yr
University of Georgia4,1(55)
Athens, United States Top 2% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
3 yearsTuition not available
University of Oklahoma4,5(30)
Norman, United States Top 3% in Worldwide

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.

Ph. D. Full-time On-campus
3 years$11,128/yr
Texas Christian University4,6(18)
Fort Worth, United States Top 9% in Worldwide

Percussion

If you’re up for a challenge and a lot of opportunity, explore Percussion at Texas Christian University.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
3 years$22,100/yr
University of Wisconsin Madison4,1(8)
Madison, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Music

The mission of the Mead Witter School of Music at University of Wisconsin Madison is to provide a rich, integrated program of undergraduate and graduate education that promotes the highest levels of professional, creative, and scholarly development while challenging students to achieve their greatest potential. 

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$25,732/yr
University of Cincinnati4,3(18)
Cincinnati, United States Top 3% in Worldwide

Conducting - Wind

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 - Wind program is offered at the University of Cincinnati.

Ph. D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$26,644/yr
Arizona State University4,3(226)
Tempe, United States Top 1% in Worldwide

Music (Interdisciplinary Digital Media)

Are you interested in a cross-section of the arts and science? Join a diverse Music (Interdisciplinary Digital Media) program at Arizona State University that challenges you to develop advanced skills in digital sound and experimental media.

Ph. D. Full-time On-campus
3 years$27,810/yr
Johns Hopkins University4,6(47)
Baltimore, United States Top 0.1% in Worldwide

Orchestral Conducting

The Orchestral Conducting 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. 

Ph. D. Full-time On-campus
7 years$66,670/yr
University of Pittsburgh4,2(6)
Pittsburgh, United States Top 1% in Worldwide

Music

In a program devoted to music in all its aspects and contexts, the music department at the University of Pittsburgh awards the graduate degree of PhD in Music. The program comprises the four subdisciplines of music scholarship— ethnomusicology, musicology, and composition and theory, and jazz studies.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$47,378/yr
University of California, Riverside4,8(8)
Riverside, United States Top 2% in Worldwide

Music

The Department of Music at the University of California, Riverside offers Ph.D. degrees in ethnomusicology, musicology, and composition.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$9,620/yr
University of South Carolina3,7(6)
Columbia, United States Top 2% in Worldwide

Piano Pedagogy

The USC Piano Pedagogy Program at University of South Carolina is the only comprehensive piano pedagogy program in the United States. We have a long and distinguished history of research and teacher training in the area of piano pedagogy. 

Ph. D. Full-time On-campus
3 years$29,760/yr
Arizona State University4,3(226)
Tempe, United States Top 1% in Worldwide

Conducting

The DMA program in Conducting at Arizona State University offers emerging conductors the opportunity to improve their art, craft and scholarship while becoming well-versed in multiple areas of conducting.

Ph. D. Full-time On-campus
3 years$27,810/yr
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign4,3(17)
Urbana, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Instrumental Conducting Wind Band

At the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, we offer a DMA degree in Instrumental Conducting Wind Band.

Ph. D. Full-time On-campus
7 years$32,204/yr

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