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2023 Best Music Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

9 Colleges
$38,302 Avg Salary

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 Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs 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 Southwest Region

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

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in Music

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best school for music students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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#2

Rice University

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, TX

Out of the 9 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great place for music students working on their doctor’s degree. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona 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 #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on this year’s best schools for music students working on their doctor’s degree. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree music programs. Located in the suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of North Texas ranked #9 on this year’s Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Music Colleges by State

Explore the best music schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 598
Arizona 155
Oklahoma 105
New Mexico 25

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 9 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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