Ranked #22 in popularity, music is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for music students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 64 doctor's degrees in music during the 2020-2021 academic year.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
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 music students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other 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.
Student Debt - How much debt music students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized music related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for music students working on their doctor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Music Doctor's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Featured Music Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
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Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in music. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.
Doctorate students who receive their degree from the music program make about $35,431 in the first couple years of their career.
University of Arizona is a great decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in music. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a fairly large student population.
After graduation, music doctorate recipients generally make about $35,200 in the first five years of their career.
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.