Music.

Doctoral Degree•100 Institutions

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.

Annual Full Cost vs. Median Earnings

Each dot represents one program at an institution. Shows the spread of annual sticker price (or net price if sticker price is unavailable) vs earnings 4 years post-grad.

Field Median ($56,459)

P25-P75 Interval ($47,407 - $60,156)

HS Baseline ($35,872)

Breakeven Line (0% ROI)

Institution	State	Earnings	Avg Net Price	Median Debt	Lifetime Value Added
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley	CA	- Nat: $59,592	$13,481 /yr	-	-$0
University of California-Davis Davis	CA	- Nat: $59,592	$14,741 /yr	-	-$0
University of California-Irvine Irvine	CA	- Nat: $59,592	$14,251 /yr	-	-$0
University of California-Riverside Riverside	CA	- Nat: $59,592	$14,304 /yr	-	-$0
University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara	CA	- Nat: $59,592	$16,109 /yr	-	-$0
University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz	CA	- Nat: $59,592	$17,890 /yr	-	-$0
Claremont Graduate University Claremont	CA	- Nat: $59,592	- /yr	-	-$0
University of Northern Colorado Greeley	CO	- Nat: $59,592	$17,760 /yr	-	-$0
University of Connecticut Storrs	CT	- Nat: $59,592	$25,097 /yr	-	-$0
University of Hartford West Hartford	CT	- Nat: $59,592	$30,282 /yr	-	-$0
Wesleyan University Middletown	CT	- Nat: $59,592	$30,177 /yr	-	-$0
Yale University New Haven	CT	- Nat: $59,592	$23,777 /yr	-	-$0
The Catholic University of America Washington	DC	- Nat: $59,592	$29,561 /yr	-	-$0
University of Florida Gainesville	FL	- Nat: $59,592	$6,541 /yr	-	-$0
University of South Florida Tampa	FL	- Nat: $59,592	$9,812 /yr	-	-$0
University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu	HI	- Nat: $59,592	$15,664 /yr	-	-$0
University of Chicago Chicago	IL	- Nat: $59,592	$14,860 /yr	-	-$0
Ball State University Muncie	IN	- Nat: $59,592	$14,940 /yr	-	-$0
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge	LA	- Nat: $59,592	$19,151 /yr	$61,500	-$0
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore	MD	- Nat: $59,592	$18,809 /yr	-	-$0
Brandeis University Waltham	MA	- Nat: $59,592	$35,736 /yr	-	-$0
Harvard University Cambridge	MA	- Nat: $59,592	$19,066 /yr	-	-$0
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst	MA	- Nat: $59,592	$22,383 /yr	-	-$0
The New England Conservatory of Music Boston	MA	- Nat: $59,592	$46,754 /yr	-	-$0
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis	MN	- Nat: $59,592	$16,778 /yr	-	-$0
University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg	MS	- Nat: $59,592	$21,708 /yr	-	-$0
University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia	MO	- Nat: $59,592	$20,268 /yr	-	-$0
Washington University in St Louis St. Louis	MO	- Nat: $59,592	$21,786 /yr	-	-$0
Princeton University Princeton	NJ	- Nat: $59,592	$6,128 /yr	-	-$0
Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick	NJ	- Nat: $59,592	$24,406 /yr	-	-$0
Columbia University in the City of New York New York	NY	- Nat: $59,592	$21,590 /yr	-	-$0
Cornell University Ithaca	NY	- Nat: $59,592	$28,690 /yr	-	-$0
Five Towns College ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. Dix Hills	NY	- Nat: $59,592	$22,992 /yr	-	-$0
The Juilliard School New York	NY	- Nat: $59,592	$43,571 /yr	-	-$0
Manhattan School of Music New York	NY	- Nat: $59,592	$51,754 /yr	-	-$0
New York University New York	NY	- Nat: $59,592	$37,050 /yr	-	-$0
University at Buffalo Buffalo	NY	- Nat: $59,592	$20,995 /yr	-	-$0
Duke University Durham	NC	- Nat: $59,592	$29,612 /yr	-	-$0
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill	NC	- Nat: $59,592	$11,655 /yr	-	-$0
North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo	ND	- Nat: $59,592	$15,543 /yr	-	-$0
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green	OH	- Nat: $59,592	$24,022 /yr	-	-$0
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland	OH	- Nat: $59,592	$41,190 /yr	-	-$0
Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland	OH	- Nat: $59,592	$28,226 /yr	-	-$0
Kent State University at Kent Kent	OH	- Nat: $59,592	$20,787 /yr	-	-$0
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman	OK	- Nat: $59,592	$15,300 /yr	-	-$0
University of Oregon Eugene	OR	- Nat: $59,592	$22,182 /yr	-	-$0
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia	PA	- Nat: $59,592	$28,699 /yr	-	-$0
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh	PA	- Nat: $59,592	$30,434 /yr	-	-$0
Temple University Philadelphia	PA	- Nat: $59,592	$28,198 /yr	-	-$0
Brown University Providence	RI	- Nat: $59,592	$25,184 /yr	-	-$0
University of Memphis Memphis	TN	- Nat: $59,592	$12,397 /yr	-	-$0
Rice University Houston	TX	- Nat: $59,592	$13,370 /yr	-	-$0
Texas Christian University Fort Worth	TX	- Nat: $59,592	$36,660 /yr	-	-$0
University of Utah Salt Lake City	UT	- Nat: $59,592	$16,200 /yr	-	-$0
George Mason University Fairfax	VA	- Nat: $59,592	$17,915 /yr	-	-$0
James Madison University Harrisonburg	VA	- Nat: $59,592	$23,322 /yr	-	-$0
Shenandoah University Winchester	VA	- Nat: $59,592	$30,298 /yr	-	-$0
University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville	VA	- Nat: $59,592	$21,565 /yr	-	-$0
West Virginia University Morgantown	WV	- Nat: $59,592	$15,634 /yr	-	-$0
Stanford University Stanford	CA	- Nat: $59,592	$13,807 /yr	-	-$0
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury	CT	- Nat: $59,592	$10,875 /yr	-	-$0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton	CT	- Nat: $59,592	$13,807 /yr	-	-$0
University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford	CT	- Nat: $59,592	$16,798 /yr	-	-$0
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford	CT	- Nat: $59,592	$16,403 /yr	-	-$0
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor	MI	$75,367 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$13,138 /yr	$41,000	-$136k
The University of Texas at Austin Austin	TX	$75,055 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$19,857 /yr	-	-$163k
University of California-San Diego La Jolla	CA	$68,693 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$12,470 /yr	-	-$184k
University of Maryland-College Park College Park	MD	$68,660 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$15,678 /yr	-	-$195k
CUNY Graduate School and University Center ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. New York	NY	$59,802 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	- /yr	-	-$207k
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison	WI	$65,495 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$17,354 /yr	-	-$225k
University of North Texas Denton	TX	$64,315 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$15,649 /yr	$36,476	-$228k
Michigan State University East Lansing	MI	$64,672 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$19,680 /yr	-	-$240k
Florida State University Tallahassee	FL	$60,076 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$11,297 /yr	$52,754	-$245k
Northwestern University Evanston	IL	$66,572 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$29,167 /yr	-	-$259k
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln	NE	$60,133 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$17,747 /yr	-	-$268k
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign	IL	$58,016 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$14,355 /yr	$60,178	-$272k
Stony Brook University Stony Brook	NY	$59,933 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$18,784 /yr	$76,688	-$273k
University of Georgia Athens	GA	$56,716 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$13,936 /yr	-	-$281k
Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus	OH	$57,576 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$17,339 /yr	-	-$287k
University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas	NV	$52,107 Nat: $59,592 2yr Post-Grad	$10,359 /yr	-	-$288k
Boston University Boston	MA	$60,156 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$24,402 /yr	-	-$292k
Texas Tech University Lubbock	TX	$57,408 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$19,070 /yr	-	-$294k
University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City	MO	$54,810 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$13,310 /yr	$39,598	-$294k
Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington	IN	$53,477 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$16,264 /yr	$64,754	-$316k
University of Southern California Los Angeles	CA	$59,885 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$32,740 /yr	-	-$324k
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder	CO	$56,459 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$25,346 /yr	$33,336	-$324k
University of Kansas Lawrence	KS	$52,762 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$18,059 /yr	-	-$328k
University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro	NC	$44,747 Nat: $59,592 2yr Post-Grad	$10,965 /yr	-	-$353k
University of Kentucky Lexington	KY	$49,845 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$18,851 /yr	-	-$354k
Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe	AZ	$48,038 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$14,967 /yr	$62,503	-$355k
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles	CA	$44,971 Nat: $59,592 2yr Post-Grad	$12,548 /yr	-	-$357k
University of Arizona Tucson	AZ	$47,280 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$16,674 /yr	-	-$368k
University of Rochester Rochester	NY	$52,257 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$29,278 /yr	$75,030	-$372k
University of Houston Houston	TX	$43,798 Nat: $59,592 2yr Post-Grad	$14,276 /yr	-	-$373k
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati	OH	$49,909 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$25,648 /yr	$50,591	-$378k
University of Iowa Iowa City	IA	$47,407 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$22,531 /yr	-	-$388k
University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia	SC	$46,203 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$22,811 /yr	-	-$399k
The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa	AL	$42,682 Nat: $59,592 2yr Post-Grad	$22,420 /yr	-	-$412k
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle	WA	$37,593 Nat: $59,592 2yr Post-Grad	$14,091 /yr	-	-$427k
University of Miami Coral Gables	FL	$45,553 Nat: $59,592 4yr Post-Grad	$37,244 /yr	-	-$456k

Analysis Notes:

Lifetime Value Added: Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median bachelor's degree holder, accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes.
Avg Net Price: The average price paid by students who receive federal financial aid (grants/loans).Note: For graduate programs, the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition and net price.

Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator, or for more sophisticated analysis, the Guided ROI Interview, with your specific estimates of cost and salary.