49 PhD programmes in Musicology in North America

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 Percussion.

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. 

This Musical Arts doctoral program at James Madison University helps students prepare for careers in higher education by emphasizing pedagogy, literature and advanced-performance skills. 

Examine and expand the traditional boundaries of musicology as you research, create and teach with this Music (Musicology) program at Arizona State University.

The Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) in Piano Pedagogy degree at the Catholic University of America is offered to selected qualified students as a recognition of high professional attainment.

Through completion of advanced course work and rigorous skills training, the Musicology doctoral program at Stanford University prepares students to make original contributions to the knowledge and practice of music and to interpret and present the results of such work in appropriate venues and publications.

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 Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology at University of Kansas is for students who desire advanced work in the field, including the desire to write a dissertation, a substantial research project that includes original research in the field.

The University of Maryland School of Music provides an exceptional professional musical education within the context of a college of arts and humanities and a major research university. If offers this doctoral degree in Ethnomusicology.