169 PhD programmes in Music in United States

The School of Music at The University of Alabama offers the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in conducting (wind & choral), composition, and performance.

Our Ph.D. Music Technology students don’t just use technology to make music. They invent the next generation of technologies that will revolutionize the music industry. Learn more about the blend of creative and technical work at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Music.

The primary objective of the Conducting program from the West Virginia University is the recognition of the highest achievement in music performance and teaching, preparing artist-pedagogues for careers in higher education and in the professional world.

The Music - Music Theory program at Louisiana State University is intended to develop in students the knowledge, concepts, and techniques for research in music theory and to prepare students for teaching at the college/university level.

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 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.  

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.