- Home
- Programmes
- Musicology
- North America
49 PhD programmes in Musicology in North America

Worship Studies - Ethnomusicology (Online)
This Worship with the Worship Studies - Ethnomusicology (Online) program from Liberty University can equip you to interpret non-Western musical genres, styles, and performances.
Musical Arts
Entering Doctor of Musical Arts students at The University of Iowa must take two School of Music advisory examinations—one in music history and one in music theory.
Composition
The D.M.A. Composition program at University of British Columbia is designed for composers who have already reached a high level of proficiency and artistry in their fields and who may wish to teach at the university level.
Choral Conducting
The mission of the School of Music at the University of Oklahoma is to advance learning, teaching, scholarly and creative activity, and service. The school offers this degree in Choral Conducting.
Voice
The mission of the School of Music at the University of Oklahoma is to advance learning, teaching, scholarly and creative activity, and service. The school offers this degree in Voice.
Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Brown's Ph.D. program in Musicology and Ethnomusicology at Brown University allows students to study music of any kind from several perspectives, within a richly interdisciplinary environment.
Musicology
A PhD in Musicology from Case Western Reserve University will introduce you to an unusually wide range of historical periods—from medieval repertoires to Hollywood musicals, the blues to contemporary opera.
Computer-Based Music Theory and Acoustics
The PhD program in Computer-Based Music Theory and Acoustics is offered by the Department of Music at Stanford University through the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics.
Musicology
At Indiana University Bloomington, we offer a top-ranked Musicology program with a close community of scholars.
Music - Theory
The University of Arizona offers the Music - Theory degree with emphases in Composition, Conducting, Ethnomusicology, Music Education, Music Theory, Musicology, and Performance (Instrumental, Harpsichord, Organ, Piano, Piano Accompanying, Piano Performance and Dance Accompanying, and Voice).
Musicology
The graduate program in Musicology at the University of California, Davis offers rigorous and broad training in the intellectual history of the field.
Ethnomusicology
The PhD in Ethnomusicology at Memorial University of Newfoundland is designed to train individuals who envisage a career in scholarship, either as professors in the academy or as cultural animators of various types in the public sector.
Music (Musicology)
The UC College-Conservatory of Music offers students unparalleled opportunities to perform, learn and live in a thriving next-generation city known for its intense interest in the performing and media arts. This Music (Musicology) program is offered at the University of Cincinnati.
Music - Musicology
The Music - Musicology program at Louisiana State University is intended to develop in students the knowledge, concepts, and techniques for research in music and to prepare students for teaching music history at the college/university level.
Strings
The mission of the School of Music at the University of Oklahoma is to advance learning, teaching, scholarly and creative activity, and service. The school offers this degree in Strings.
Musicology
The PhD program in Musicology at University of Victoria is small and selective, offering advanced students the opportunity for intensive directed research in the areas of expertise of its faculty.
Music Studies
The graduate program in Music Studies (Ethnomusicology, Historical Musicology, Theory of Music) at the University of Pennsylvania serves students who intend to conduct cutting-edge research, produce high-quality scholarship, and develop teaching and professional skills in order to pursue academic positions in music studies;.
Musicology
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)’s Department of Musicology is one of the most successful graduate programs in American musicology.
Musicology
The Musicology course at Rutgers University ensures that students are well equipped in research methods, writing, and critical thinking in dealing with a wide range of repertories and musical practices.
Musicology
This Musicology degree at the Florida State University is available to candidates who demonstrate superior musicianship and scholarship. Specialization of interests in Historical Musicology or Ethnomusicology can be pursued within the major.