2024 Best General Music Doctor's Degree Schools in California
6
Colleges in California
43
Doctor's Degrees
Ranked #50 in popularity,
general music is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Music Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 43 doctor's degrees in general music to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great General Music School for Your Doctor's Degree
Your choice of general music for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality general music program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general music students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of general 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.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general music related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general music 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 General Music Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Featured General Music Programs
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