2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Music Theory & Composition in Texas

Music Theory & Composition is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #211 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the most popular for music theory and composition students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1 doctor's degrees in music theory and composition to qualified students.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for music theory and composition.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Music Theory & Composition in Texas

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in music theory and composition.

Most Well Attended Schools for Music Composition Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Rice University
Houston, TX

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Rice University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in music theory and composition. Located in the large city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in music theory and composition in Texas. More information about a doctorate in music theory and composition from Rice University

2

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Texas Christian University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in music theory and composition. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Fort Worth. More information about a doctorate in music theory and composition from Texas Christian University

Best Music Theory & Composition Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Music Theory & Composition Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Rankings in Majors Related to Music Composition

Music Theory & Composition is one of 16 different types of Music programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Music	61
Music Performance	54
Keyboard Instruments	5
Conducting	1
Stringed 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.