164 PhD programmes in Music in United States

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. 

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).  

We offer a phd degree in Music (Choral Conducting) at University of Washington. The Supervisory Committee creates the Doctor of Musical Arts program for each student in order to fulfill the best interests of that student’s education. 

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

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. 

If teaching is your passion, consider a DMA degree in Piano Pedagogy at the Texas Christian 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 - Wind program is offered at the University of Cincinnati.

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.

Whether your passion is violin, viola, cello, or Double Bass, you’ll find the perfect program for you here, at Indiana University Bloomington.

Inspire the next generation of musicians. Whether you want to spend your career instilling a love of music in young children, helping older children develop their skills, or working in academia, we have a music education program that will fit your needs. We offer a Music Education degree at the Indiana University Bloomington. 

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.

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.

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

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

Discover a new level of musical excellence. We offer a program degree in Jazz Studies at Indiana University Bloomington. 

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

Discover a new level of musical excellence with the Woodwind Instruments degree at Indiana University Bloomington.

At Indiana University Bloomington, we offer our graduate students a doctoral degree in Bassoon. Join us! 

Discover a new level of musical excellence with the Organ and Sacred Music program from Indiana University Bloomington.

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.