2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Music Education in New York

A doctor's degree in music education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #188 out of 815 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in New York to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of music education. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 12 doctor's degrees in music education during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Music Education School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in music teacher education matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Music Education in New York ranking is to help you make that choice.

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality music education program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for music education.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Music Education in New York

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in music education.

Most Well Attended Schools for Music Teacher Education Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Teachers College at Columbia University
New York, NY

12 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Teachers College at Columbia University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in music education. Teachers College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in music education in New York.

There were roughly 12 music education individuals who graduated with this degree at Teachers College in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in music education from Teachers College at Columbia University

2

Five Towns College
Dix Hills, NY

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in music education has to look into Five Towns College. Five Towns College is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the large suburb of Dix Hills. More information about a doctorate in music education from Five Towns College

2

University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Rochester is a popular decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in music education. University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Rochester. More information about a doctorate in music education from University of Rochester

2

New York University
New York, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at New York University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in music education. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. More information about a doctorate in music education from New York University

Best Music Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Music Education Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	303	2

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Music Education Related Rankings by Major

Music Education is one of 37 different types of Teacher Education Subject Specific programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Science Education	29
Mathematics Education	19
Reading Teacher Education	17
English & Language Arts Education	13
Art Education	8
Health Education	6
Social Studies Education	6
Modern Language Education	5

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aparajita Datta. More about our data sources and methodologies.