2025 Best Music Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland

Music is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #22 most popular major 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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 37 doctor's degrees in music during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of music students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for music to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized music related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Music Schools

The music school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Music Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Music in Maryland

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in music.

Top Maryland Schools for a Doctorate in Music

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

13 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in music needs to check out Johns Hopkins University. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in music from Johns Hopkins University

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

24 Annual Graduates

$65,466 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat University of Maryland - College Park if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in music. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the music program report average early career wages of $65,466.

More information about a doctorate in music from University of Maryland - College Park

Best Music Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Music Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	21
New York	174	162
New Jersey	115	24
District of Columbia	81	17

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Music Related Rankings by Major

Music is one of 10 different types of Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Music Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Music	24
Music Performance	8
Music Theory & Composition	5

Most Popular Majors Related to Music

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Drama & Theater Arts	6
Fine & Studio Arts	4

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.