2024 Best General Music Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
5
Colleges in the Southwest Region
132
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.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Music Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 132 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 take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different 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
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Music Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.
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