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2023 Best Music Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Music Doctor's Degree School for You

Music is the #37 most popular major in the country with 7,675 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Music Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Music Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Music Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Our analysis found Michigan State University to be the best school for music students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Wisconsin - Madison helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in the Great Lakes Region . UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Ohio State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in the Great Lakes Region . Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great place for music students working on their doctor’s degree. U-M is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree music programs. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree music programs. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a very large student population.

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#8

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Ball State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Muncie.

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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for music students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Music Colleges by State

Explore the best music colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 299
Illinois 423
Ohio 474
Indiana 298
Wisconsin 61

Music is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 3,224
Design & Applied Arts 1,979
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 1,704
Drama & Theater Arts 1,699
Arts & Media Management 1,184

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

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