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2023 Most Popular 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 Most Popular Music Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Music program at each school on the list.

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

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Michigan State University the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for music students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 67 students majoring in music at Michigan State, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a great place for music students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 48% of the music majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Bloomington is a great place for music students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a very large student population.

About 44% of the students majoring in music at the school are women while 56% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

About 39% of the students majoring in music at the school are women while 61% are male.

Full Music at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

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

Women make up 50% of the music majors at the school.

Read full report on Music at University of Wisconsin - Madison

Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree music programs. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the city of Columbus.

About 47% of the students majoring in music at the school are women while 53% are male.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for music students working on their doctor’s degree. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

Women make up 61% of the music majors at the school.

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#8

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

Women make up 24% of the music majors at the school.

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#9

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 22% of the music majors at the school.

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#10

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Ball State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree music programs. Ball State is a very large public school located in the city of Muncie.

Women make up 50% of the music majors at the school.

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Best Music Colleges by State

Explore the best music schools 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 14 schools only.

  • 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.

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