2025 Best Conducting Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in conducting, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #277 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for conducting students pursuing a doctor's degree. 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 complete 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

The conducting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Conducting Doctor's Degree Schools in New York.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Conducting in New York

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for conducting students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top New York Schools for a Doctorate in Conducting

1

University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Rochester if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in conducting. Located in the city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit university with a 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

Manhattan School of Music is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in conducting. 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 in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Conducting Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
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.

Majors Similar to Conducting

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music Performance	52
General Music	32
Music Theory & Composition	20
Keyboard Instruments	11
Stringed Instruments	5
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	4
Music History	1
Jazz Studies	1
Brass Instruments	1
Woodwind 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.