2024 Best General Music Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

General Music is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #50 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for general music students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 13 doctor's degrees in general music 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 much a school focuses on general music students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general music 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 general music related body.

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

More Ways to Rank General Music Schools

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 Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Music in Pennsylvania

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

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Doctorate in General Music

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in general music has to take a look at University of Pennsylvania. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general music from University of Pennsylvania

2

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in general music. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general music from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Best General Music Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	366	35
Maryland	190	15
New Jersey	165	6
District of Columbia	143	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Music

One of 17 majors within the Music area of study, General Music has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to General Music

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music Performance	4
Keyboard Instruments	4

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.