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2023 Best Music Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

3 Colleges
$38,302 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Doctor's Degree School for You

Music is the #44 most popular major in North Carolina with 511 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Music Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Carolina 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.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

Top North Carolina Schools for a Doctorate in Music

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our analysis found Duke University to be the best school for music students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Full Music at Duke University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a very large student population.

Read full report on Music at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Greensboro helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Music at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Best Music Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Music Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 472
Virginia 632
Florida 1,223
Tennessee 804
Kentucky 284
South Carolina 204
Louisiana 315
Arkansas 184
Alabama 276
Mississippi 182
West Virginia 93

One of 10 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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