4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$41,501
Program median
Program + credential
Music.: Doctoral Degree
Credential-level program pages keep field-of-study metrics separate from institution-wide outcomes.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Data status: March 23, 2026 Missing and suppressed values are not zero.
Available program metrics
5-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort five years after completion.
$38,316
Program median
Median debt Median program debt for a defined completion cohort.
$24,007
At evaluated institution
Cohort count Count context for the program outcome metrics.
13,894
Students in outcome cohort
| School | Type | Institution net price | Institution grad rate | Program data status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ | Public | $14,967 | 68% | Available |
| Ball State University Muncie, IN | Public | $14,940 | 62.3% | Available |
| Baylor University Waco, TX | Private nonprofit | $41,104 | 80% | Available |
| Boston University Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | $24,402 | 88.7% | Available |
| Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH | Public | $24,022 | 63.7% | Available |
| Brandeis University Waltham, MA | Private nonprofit | $35,736 | 86% | Available |
| Brown University Providence, RI | Private nonprofit | $25,184 | 95.7% | Available |
| California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA | Private nonprofit | $46,080 | 66.7% | Available |
| Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH | Private nonprofit | $41,190 | 87.2% | Available |
| Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland, OH | Private nonprofit | $28,226 | 72.1% | Available |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $21,590 | 96.1% | Available |
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY | Private nonprofit | $28,690 | 95.4% | Available |
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY | Public | Not available | Not available | Available |
| Duke University Durham, NC | Private nonprofit | $29,612 | 96.8% | Available |
| Five Towns College Dix Hills, NY | Private for-profit | $22,992 | 55.3% | Available |
| Florida State University Tallahassee, FL | Public | $11,297 | 85.6% | Available |
| George Mason University Fairfax, VA | Public | $17,915 | 67.8% | Available |
| Harvard University Cambridge, MA | Private nonprofit | $19,066 | 97.6% | Available |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN | Public | $16,264 | 80.2% | Available |
| Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN | Public | $11,668 | 54.5% | Available |
| James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA | Public | $23,322 | 79.7% | Available |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | Private nonprofit | $18,809 | 93.8% | Available |
| Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH | Public | $20,787 | 63.7% | Available |
| Liberty University Lynchburg, VA | Private nonprofit | $29,357 | 65.3% | Available |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA | Public | $19,151 | 68.8% | Available |
| Manhattan School of Music New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $51,754 | 78.3% | Available |
| Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | Public | $19,680 | 80.7% | Available |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS | Public | $17,595 | 66.7% | Available |
| New York University New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $37,050 | 87.6% | Available |
| North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND | Public | $15,543 | 63.9% | Available |
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL | Private nonprofit | $29,167 | 95.1% | Available |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | Public | $17,339 | 87.7% | Available |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA | Public | $32,875 | 86.1% | Available |
| Princeton University Princeton, NJ | Private nonprofit | $6,128 | 97.6% | Available |
| Rice University Houston, TX | Private nonprofit | $13,370 | 94.6% | Available |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | Public | $24,406 | 83.6% | Available |
| Shenandoah University Winchester, VA | Private nonprofit | $30,298 | 66.8% | Available |
| Stanford University Stanford, CA | Private nonprofit | $13,807 | 91.9% | Available |
| Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY | Public | $18,784 | 75.6% | Available |
| Temple University Philadelphia, PA | Public | $28,198 | 75.1% | Available |
| Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX | Private nonprofit | $36,660 | 85.5% | Available |
| Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX | Public | $19,070 | 68.7% | Available |
| The Catholic University of America Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $29,561 | 79.5% | Available |
| The Juilliard School New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $43,571 | 92.6% | Available |
| The New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | $46,754 | 73.4% | Available |
| The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL | Public | $22,420 | 73.4% | Available |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | Public | $19,857 | 88.9% | Available |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY | Public | $20,995 | 75.2% | Available |
| University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | Public | $16,674 | 67.5% | Available |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | Public | $13,481 | 92.8% | Available |
| University of California-Davis Davis, CA | Public | $14,741 | 85.7% | Available |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA | Public | $14,251 | 86.9% | Available |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | Public | $12,548 | 92.6% | Available |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA | Public | $14,304 | 76% | Available |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA | Public | $12,470 | 86.1% | Available |
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | Public | $16,109 | 83% | Available |
| University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA | Public | $17,890 | 75.1% | Available |
| University of Chicago Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $14,860 | 95.9% | Available |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH | Public | $25,648 | 75% | Available |
| University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO | Public | $25,346 | 74.2% | Available |
| University of Connecticut Storrs, CT | Public | $25,097 | 83.3% | Available |
| University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT | Public | $13,807 | 61.6% | Available |
| University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT | Public | $16,403 | 65.1% | Available |
| University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT | Public | $16,798 | 56.5% | Available |
| University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT | Public | $10,875 | 52.7% | Available |
| University of Florida Gainesville, FL | Public | $6,541 | 91.1% | Available |
| University of Georgia Athens, GA | Public | $13,936 | 89.7% | Available |
| University of Hartford West Hartford, CT | Private nonprofit | $30,282 | 54.4% | Available |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI | Public | $15,664 | 64.3% | Available |
| University of Houston Houston, TX | Public | $14,276 | 64.6% | Available |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | Public | $14,355 | 85.1% | Available |
| University of Iowa Iowa City, IA | Public | $22,531 | 74.6% | Available |
| University of Kansas Lawrence, KS | Public | $18,059 | 68.8% | Available |
| University of Kentucky Lexington, KY | Public | $18,851 | 71.4% | Available |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | Public | $15,678 | 88.6% | Available |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA | Public | $22,383 | 83.3% | Available |
| University of Memphis Memphis, TN | Public | $12,397 | 50.9% | Available |
| University of Miami Coral Gables, FL | Private nonprofit | $37,244 | 83.7% | Available |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | Public | $13,138 | 93.2% | Available |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | Public | $16,778 | 85.3% | Available |
| University of Mississippi University, MS | Public | $13,314 | 71.7% | Available |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO | Public | $20,268 | 74.9% | Available |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO | Public | $13,310 | 55.5% | Available |
| University of Mobile Mobile, AL | Private nonprofit | $22,382 | 56.9% | Available |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE | Public | $17,747 | 67% | Available |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV | Public | $10,359 | 50.5% | Available |
| University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV | Public | $15,927 | 61.2% | Available |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | Public | $11,655 | 91.2% | Available |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC | Public | $10,965 | 56.3% | Available |
| University of North Texas Denton, TX | Public | $15,649 | 60.7% | Available |
| University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO | Public | $17,760 | 51.2% | Available |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK | Public | $15,300 | 75.3% | Available |
| University of Oregon Eugene, OR | Public | $22,182 | 71.7% | Available |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | $28,699 | 96.5% | Available |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA | Public | $30,434 | 85.5% | Available |
| University of Rochester Rochester, NY | Private nonprofit | $29,278 | 85.4% | Available |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC | Public | $22,811 | 78.8% | Available |
| University of South Florida Tampa, FL | Public | $9,812 | 76.8% | Available |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | Private nonprofit | $32,740 | 91.8% | Available |
| University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS | Public | $21,708 | 49.1% | Available |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | Public | $16,200 | 65.1% | Available |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA | Public | $21,565 | 95.6% | Available |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA | Public | $14,091 | 85.2% | Available |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | Public | $17,354 | 89.6% | Available |
| Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO | Private nonprofit | $21,786 | 94.3% | Available |
| Wesleyan University Middletown, CT | Private nonprofit | $30,177 | 92.6% | Available |
| West Virginia University Morgantown, WV | Public | $15,634 | 64.7% | Available |
| World Mission University Los Angeles, CA | Private nonprofit | $15,785 | 100% | Available |
| Yale University New Haven, CT | Private nonprofit | $23,777 | 95.7% | Available |