| #4 | Princeton University | Doctor of Philosophy in Music Composition | 60 months |
| #4 | Princeton University | Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology | 60 months |
| #6 | University of California, Berkeley | Doctor of Philosophy in Composition | 60 months |
| #6 | University of California, Berkeley | Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnomusicology | 84 months |
| #8 | Yale University | Doctor of Philosophy in Music History, Music Theory, and Ethnomusicology | 72 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Philosophy in Composition | 72 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology, Theory and Ethnomusicology | 60 months |
| #11 | University of Chicago | Doctor of Philosophy in Music | 84 months |
| #12 | Columbia University | Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Composition | 60 months |
| #12 | Columbia University | Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology | 72 months |
| #13 | Cornell University | Doctor of Philosophy in Composition | 48 months |
| #13 | Cornell University | Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology | 72 months |
| #17 | University of California, Los Angeles | Doctor of Musical Arts (D.MA) | Doctor of Philosophy | |
| #17 | University of California, Los Angeles | Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnomusicology | |
| #17 | University of California, Los Angeles | Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology | 72 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Musical Arts in Collaborative Piano | 36 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition | 36 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting: Band & Wind Ensemble | |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting: Choral | 36 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting: Orchestral | |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance: Harpsichord | 36 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance: Organ | 36 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance: Piano | 48 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance: Piano Pedagogy And Performance | 48 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance: Sacred Music | 36 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance: Strings | |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance: Voice | 36 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance: Winds & Percussion | 36 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Philosophy in Composition & Music Theory | 60 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnomusicology | 60 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Philosophy in Music Theory | 60 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology | 60 months |
| #23 | Northwestern University | Doctor of Philosophy in Musical Arts | 24 months |
| #24 | New York University | Doctor of Philosophy in Music Performance and Composition: Composers | |
| #24 | New York University | Doctor of Philosophy in Music Performance and Composition: Performers | 72 months |
| #24 | New York University | Doctor of Philosophy in Music Technology | |
| #24 | New York University | Doctor of Philosophy Program in Music | 84 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting | 60 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition | 60 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | Doctor of Musical Arts in Harpsichord Performance | 60 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | Doctor of Musical Arts in Instrumental Conducting | |
| #25 | University of Washington | Doctor of Musical Arts in Percussion Performance | 60 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnomusicology | 60 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | Doctor of Philosophy in Music Theory | 60 months |
| #26 | University of California San Diego | Doctor of Musical Arts in Music | 60 months |
| #26 | University of California San Diego | PhD in Composition | 72 months |
| #26 | University of California San Diego | PhD in Computer Music | 60 months |
| #30 | Brown University | Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnomusicology | 60 months |
| #30 | Brown University | Doctor of Philosophy in Music and Multimedia Composition | 72 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Musical Arts in Brass, Woodwind and Percussion Performance | 36 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Musical Arts in Collaborative Piano | 36 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition | 48 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting - Band and Wind | 36 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting - Choral | 36 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting - Orchestral | 36 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Musical Arts in Jazz Composition | 48 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Musical Arts in Jazz Performance | 36 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Musical Arts in Opera Performance | 36 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Musical Arts in Organ Performance | 36 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance | 36 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance with jazz emphasis | 36 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Musical Arts in String Performance | 36 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance | 36 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance - Pedagogy Emphasis | 36 months |
| #35 | University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill | Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology | 96 months |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin--Madison | Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Performance | |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin--Madison | Doctor of Philosophy in English with a specialization in Composition & Rhetoric | 36 months |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin--Madison | Doctor of Philosophy in Music | 60 months |
| #39 | Purdue University--West Lafayette | Doctor of Philosophy in English with a concentration in Rhetoric and Composition | 60 months |
| #41 | University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | Doctor of Musical Arts | |
| #41 | University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology | |
| #55 | University of Virginia | Doctor of Philosophy in Music | |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | Combined MA and PhD in Music Theory | 72 months |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | Combined Master of Music|Doctor of Musical Arts (MM|DMA) in Keyboard | 60 months |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | Combined Master of Music|Doctor of Musical Arts (MM|DMA) in Music 1 | |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | Combined Master of Music|Doctor of Musical Arts (MM|DMA) in Strings | |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | Combined Master of Music|Doctor of Musical Arts (MM|DMA) in Voice | 60 months |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Choral, Orchestral & Conducting Programs | 60 months |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Keyboard | 60 months |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Strings | 60 months |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | Doctor of Philosophy in Composition | |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | Doctor of Philosophy in Music Theory | 72 months |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology | 72 months |
| #62 | University of California, Davis | Doctor of Philosophy in Composition and Theory | 60 months |
| #62 | University of California, Davis | Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnomusicology | 72 months |
| #62 | University of California, Davis | Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology | 60 months |
| #64 | University of Maryland, College Park | Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnomusicology|Musicology|Music Theory|Music Education | 24 months |
| #65 | University of California--Irvine | Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology | 48 months |
| #75 | University of Pittsburgh | Doctor of Philosophy in Music | |
| #77 | University of Notre Dame | Doctor of Musical Arts Program in Choral Conducting or Organ | |
| #84 | University of Massachusetts--Amherst | Doctor of Philosophy in Music | |
| #85 | Boston University | Doctor of Musical Arts in Collaborative Piano | 84 months |
| #85 | Boston University | Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice | |
| #96 | University of Florida | Doctor of Philosophy in Composition, Theory and Technology | |
| #96 | University of Florida | Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology and Ethnomusicology | |
| #99 | University of Georgia | Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition | |
| #99 | University of Georgia | Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting | |
| #99 | University of Georgia | Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology|Ethnomusicology | |
| #126 | Indiana University--Bloomington | Doctor of Music in Choral Conducting | |
| #126 | Indiana University--Bloomington | Doctor of Music in Orchestral Conducting | |