2025 Best Conducting Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

a doctor's degree in conducting is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #277 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Conducting Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4 doctor's degrees in conducting during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to conducting students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of conducting students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized conducting related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for conducting students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Conducting Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Conducting in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in conducting.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Conducting

1

University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

University of Rochester is a great option for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in conducting. Located in the medium-sized city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in conducting from University of Rochester

2

Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in conducting needs to check out Manhattan School of Music. Manhattan School of Music is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in conducting from Manhattan School of Music

Best Conducting Colleges by State

Explore the best conducting colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	366	2
Maryland	190	0
District of Columbia	143	0

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Conducting Related Rankings by Major

Conducting is one of 17 different types of Music programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Conducting

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Music	86
Music Performance	76
Music Theory & Composition	25
Keyboard Instruments	17
Stringed Instruments	5
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	4
Voice Performance	3
Music History	2
Jazz Studies	1
Brass Instruments	1

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.