2024 Best Brass Instruments Doctor's Degree Schools

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Doctor's Degree in brass instruments. It is ranked #655 out of 862 major degree programs 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 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Brass Instruments Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2 doctor's degrees in brass instruments during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to brass instruments students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other brass instruments students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• 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 brass instruments related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Brass Instruments Doctor's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Brass Instruments

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

University of Southern California is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in brass instruments. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a doctorate in brass instruments from University of Southern California

2

University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in brass instruments needs to check out University of Hartford. UHart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of West Hartford.More information about a doctorate in brass instruments from University of Hartford

2

The Juilliard School
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

The Juilliard School is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in brass instruments. Located in the large city of New York, Juilliard is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in brass instruments from The Juilliard School

Brass Instruments by Region

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

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Brass Instruments Related Rankings by Major

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

Majors Similar to Brass Instruments

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Music	538
Music Performance	479
Music Theory & Composition	65
Keyboard Instruments	44
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	41
Other Music	39
Conducting	33
Music Pedagogy	23
Stringed Instruments	19
Voice Performance	17

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.