2025 Best Music Performance Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan

If you pursue a doctor's degree in music performance, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #53 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Music Performance Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 57 doctor's degrees in music performance during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on music performance students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other music performance students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized music performance related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for music performance 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 Performance Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Music Performance in Michigan

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

Top Michigan Schools for a Doctorate in Music Performance

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in music performance. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in music performance from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

38 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Michigan State University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in music performance. Michigan State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of East Lansing.More information about a doctorate in music performance from Michigan State University

Best Music Performance Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Music Performance Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	273	5
Ohio	253	37
Indiana	202	37
Wisconsin	163	22

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Music Performance Related Rankings by Major

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

Majors Similar to Music Performance

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Conducting	6
Music Theory & Composition	5
Keyboard Instruments	4
Music History	2
Music Pedagogy	2

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.