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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Featured Music History Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
MBA in Music Business
Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
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Choosing a Great Music History School for Your Doctor's Degree
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:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on music history students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of music history 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 music history related body.
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
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.
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Featured Music History Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
MBA in Music Business
Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
Learn More