2025 Best Woodwind Instruments Doctor's Degree Schools

If you're seeking a Doctor's Degree in woodwind instruments, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #593 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Woodwind Instruments Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3 doctor's degrees in woodwind instruments during the <nil> academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Choosing a Great Woodwind Instruments School for Your Doctor's Degree

The woodwind instruments doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on woodwind instruments students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of woodwind instruments 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 woodwind instruments related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Woodwind Instruments Schools

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

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Woodwind Instruments in the United States

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for woodwind instruments students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Woodwind Instruments

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Southern California if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in woodwind instruments. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a doctorate in woodwind instruments from University of Southern California

2

University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in woodwind instruments has to take a look at University of Hartford. UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of West Hartford.More information about a doctorate in woodwind instruments from University of Hartford

3

Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Manhattan School of Music is a good option for students interested in a doctor's degree in woodwind instruments. Manhattan School of Music is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in woodwind instruments from Manhattan School of Music

Woodwind Instruments by Region

View the Best Woodwind Instruments Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

View All Rankings >

Rankings in Majors Related to Woodwind Instruments

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

Most Popular Majors Related to Woodwind Instruments

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Music	567
Music Performance	458
Music Theory & Composition	66
Music Pedagogy	61
Keyboard Instruments	52
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	35
Conducting	35
Stringed Instruments	23
Other Music	23
Voice Performance	13

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.