2025 Best Music Performance Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Music Performance Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 53 doctor's degrees in music performance during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

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 music performance students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of music performance 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 performance related body.

Our full 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.

More Ways to Rank Music Performance Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Music Performance Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Music Performance in the Southwest Region

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

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in Music Performance

1

University of North Texas
Denton, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

42 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in music performance has to look into University of North Texas. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in music performance from University of North Texas

2

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Norman, OK

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in music performance. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in music performance from University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Best Music Performance Colleges by State

Explore the best music performance colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	309	40
Oklahoma	124	12

View All Rankings >

Rankings in Majors Related to Music Performance

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

Majors Similar to Music Performance

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Music	117
Stringed Instruments	4
Music History	2
Conducting	2
Keyboard Instruments	2
Music Theory & Composition	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.