2024 Best Music Education Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in music education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #184 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Music Education Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 14 doctor's degrees in music education during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

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 education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other music education students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized music education related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The music teacher education 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 Education Doctor's Degree Schools in New York.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Music Education in New York

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

Top New York Schools for a Doctorate in Music Teacher Education

1

Teachers College at Columbia University
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Teachers College at Columbia University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in music education. Teachers College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in music education from Teachers College at Columbia University

2

New York University
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat New York University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in music education. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.More information about a doctorate in music education from New York University

Best Music Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	311	6

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Music Education Related Rankings by Major

Music Education is one of 37 different types of Teacher Education Subject Specific programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Reading Teacher Education	29
Health Education	15
Science Education	11
Mathematics Education	9
Art Education	7
English & Language Arts Education	7
Modern Language Education	3

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aparajita Datta. More about our data sources and methodologies.