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2024 Best Music History Doctor's Degree Schools

6 Colleges in the United States
16 Doctor's Degrees
When it comes to popularity, a doctor's degree in music history sits in the middle of the road, ranking #397 out of 862 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for music history students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 16 doctor's degrees in music history during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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

Best Music History Doctor's Degree Schools The music history doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality music history program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

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

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for music history students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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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 Music History Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Music History in the United States

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

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Music History

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1 Annual Graduates

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in music history. U-M is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in music history from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1 Annual Graduates

Catholic University of America is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in music history. Located in the large city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in music history from Catholic University of America

3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in music history has to look into University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in music history from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Kentucky if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in music history. UK is a very large public university located in the large city of Lexington.More information about a doctorate in music history from University of Kentucky

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6 Annual Graduates

CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the city of Boulder.More information about a doctorate in music history from University of Colorado Boulder

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Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Waco.More information about a doctorate in music history from Baylor University

Music History by Region

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One of 17 majors within the Music area of study, Music History has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Music 538
Music Performance 479
Music Theory & Composition 65
Keyboard Instruments 44
Musicology & Ethnomusicology 41
Other Music 39
Conducting 33
Music Pedagogy 23
Stringed Instruments 19
Voice Performance 17

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