為方便學生們選校，總結整理出NRC公布的美國大學音樂(Music)專業PhD排名，供學生們參考。
排名
大學
Regres Quality
Survey Quality
Student Outcomes
Jobs at Grad
Diversity
1-1
Indiana University-Bloomington
Folklore
1-1
1-1
36-57
75%
4-8
2-3
Harvard University
Music
2-7
2-3
1-3
70%
18-33
2-5
University of California-Los Angeles
Musicology
2-8
2-3
3-27
44%
5-14
3-7
Indiana University-Bloomington
Musicology
2-11
4-11
13-29
75%
4-11
4-9
University of Chicago
Music
2-9
3-7
23-42
59%
20-35
4-10
Yale University
Music
4-13
4-12
3-11
58%
25-41
4-11
Cornell University
Music
9-33
5-12
15-38
68%
2-3
5-12
University of California-Los Angeles
Ethnomusicology
3-13
4-10
24-45
44%
1-3
5-13
Northwestern University
Music Studies
12-35
7-18
3-19
74%
11-28
8-16
Columbia University in the City of New York
Music
7-17
8-19
25-44
65%
26-43
7-14
University of Rochester
Musicology
8-22
10-21
22-45
61%
4-8
8-16
Princeton University
Music
6-22
5-12
7-25
52%
49-57
8-16
University of California-Berkeley
Music
8-33
9-18
5-20
57%
11-24
11-24
Duke University
Music
14-37
11-25
3-20
59%
46-55
12-23
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Musicology
11-34
15-31
15-37
57%
5-12
13-26
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Music
14-35
16-30
7-27
56%
4-10
13-28
New York University
Music
4-24
6-16
46-59
43%
11-24
12-34
Washington University in St Louis
Music
7-38
34-55
32-57
71%
21-40
14-32
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Musicology
11-29
9-22
11-34
45%
42-53
14-33
Michigan State University
Music Education
31-55
16-37
4-20
70%
28-50
16-34
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Music
32-52
16-34
17-38
68%
28-48
15-37
University of Pennsylvania
Music
8-21
12-28
3-26
27%
14-29
14-39
University of Rochester
Music Theory
16-49
19-42
6-33
61%
55-58
16-41
Stanford University
Music
15-47
18-39
12-46
54%
9-22
18-37
University of California-San Diego
Music
19-47
13-29
19-38
47%
25-43
19-38
Ohio State University-Main Campus
Music
20-47
23-40
20-39
61%
14-27
18-38
University of Utah
Music
14-42
25-43
24-45
61%*
11-25
14-47
Brown University
Music: Ethnomusicology
14-50
11-36
12-52
61%*
58-61
21-42
Brandeis University
Musicology
20-45
21-40
5-27
46%
11-30
19-41
Indiana University-Bloomington
Music Theory
38-58
37-54
3-19
75%
34-52
19-42
The University of Texas at Austin
Music PhD
5-29
19-37
56-62
57%
10-23
21-39
University at Buffalo
Music
26-47
41-55
6-20
71%
28-49
21-43
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Music
10-38
30-47
38-55
56%
38-53
20-48
University of Kentucky
Music
41-59
20-43
30-53
80%
35-50
21-47
Brandeis University
Music Composition and Theory
15-41
23-44
3-24
46%
62-62
22-45
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Musicology
8-32
15-32
42-57
41%
30-47
24-51
University of North Texas
Music Composition
15-60
35-51
1-3
50%
58-61
30-49
University of Iowa
Music PhD
41-58
51-59
7-25
74%
20-40
27-51
University of Maryland-College Park
Ethnomusicology
22-55
25-45
34-55
45%
1-2
28-51
University of Memphis
Music
47-60
16-34
15-40
59%
53-58
33-50
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Music
17-40
21-39
58-62
49%
7-17
28-55
Boston University
Musicology
16-45
37-56
30-59
62%
17-35
35-50
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Composition and Music Theory
30-51
30-45
6-18
41%
47-56
30-55
University of Southern California
Music (Historical Musicology)
24-52
27-50
40-61
64%
22-39
31-54
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Music
54-61
42-58
3-23
63%*
13-29
33-53
University of North Texas
Musicology
23-47
28-46
44-60
50%
26-44
28-57
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Music
37-60
33-55
15-55
66%
26-43
35-54
University of California-Davis
Music
11-35
17-34
26-45
12%*
10-25
32-58
University of California-Los Angeles
Music
13-50
26-48
27-56
44%
35-50
37-53
University of Oregon
Music
30-58
44-57
22-40
62%
23-44
39-54
University of California-Santa Barbara
Music
31-51
43-56
22-42
61%
56-59
48-58
CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Music
35-51
43-56
49-58
51%
32-47
37-60
Temple University
Music
21-56
33-58
37-62
53%
32-51
47-59
Florida State University
Music
38-54
44-57
24-47
53%
47-55
46-60
University of Maryland-College Park
Music
38-58
37-53
26-49
45%
21-39
49-60
Stony Brook University
Music
18-52
53-59
56-62
47%
8-19
44-60
University of Arizona
Music
37-58
39-58
27-60
53%
28-51
45-61
Kent State University Kent Campus
Musicology - Ethnomusicology
46-61
56-61
9-49
57%
46-57
52-60
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Music
40-58
48-59
45-54
51%
40-53
50-60
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Music
46-58
55-60
41-58
62%
8-21
59-61
Kent State University Kent Campus
Theory - Composition
58-62
60-61
23-59
57%
31-53
62-62
Catholic University of America
Music
60-62
62-62
51-62
59%
58-61
問卷調查排名(Survey Quality)是這樣得出的：研究團隊首先給出20條測量標準，向教授們發出調查問卷。教授對這些測量標準的重要性直接進行給分。同一條測量標準在不同研究領域內的重要性得分可能是不同的。最后，研究團隊再把問卷調查得出的20條測量標準的重要性得分作為加權系數，對各個項目來進行評分和排名。(這20條測量標準應該是客觀的數據，比如發文數，研究經費等等)。
回歸分析排名(Regres Quality)是讓各個研究領域的教授對各個項目進行綜合評分。在每個研究領域中取一個樣本，把綜合評分作為因變量，20條測量標準作為自變量做回歸和主成份分析，然后得出這20條測量標準對項目最終評分的加權系數，最后把這些加權系數應用到對項目的評分中去。
