2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Music in Pennsylvania

Ranked #23 in popularity, music is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Music in Pennsylvania ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 17 doctor's degrees in music to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Music School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in music matters. We created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Music in Pennsylvania ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of music students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Music Schools

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.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Music in Pennsylvania

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

Most Well Attended Schools for Music Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

8 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Temple University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in music. Temple is a very large public university located in the city of Philadelphia. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in music in Pennsylvania.

There were roughly 8 music individuals who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in music from Temple University

2

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

5 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is a popular option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in music. Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in music in Pennsylvania.

There were roughly 5 music students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in music from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

3

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Pennsylvania is a popular choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in music. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in music in Pennsylvania.

There were about 4 music individuals who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in music from University of Pennsylvania

Best Music Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Music Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	183	166
Maryland	114	38
New Jersey	113	29
District of Columbia	81	11

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Music Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Music has other similar majors worth exploring.

Music Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Music	13
Music Performance	4

Majors Similar to Music

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts	14
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	5
Design & Applied Arts	3
Dance	2
Drama & Theater Arts	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.