When it comes to popularity, a doctor's degree in music history sits in the middle of the road, ranking #397 out of 862 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Music History Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 8 doctor's degrees in music history during the <nil> academic year.
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In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on music history students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of music history students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
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.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized music history related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for music history students working on their doctor's degree.
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 Music History Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
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.
by our College Data Analytics Team
