音乐教育中的音乐艺术博士（DMA）学位是为寻求扩大和完善其教学和音乐技能的专业音乐教育者而设计的研究学位。音乐教育领域的博士生可以拓宽他们对当前音乐教育研究和实践的知识，以提高其教学/督导职位或为高等教育事业做准备。该学位要求硕士课程之后，至少要有57个学期的研究生课程工作。音乐系和研究生院开设课程，包括研究，音乐教育，音乐理论和音乐历史方面的高级研究。此外，学生在自己选择的相关领域内完成12个学分，例如表演，指挥，音乐学，作曲或教育管理。在成功通过综合考试后，学生的研究达到了12个学分的学位论文研究成果
The Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) degree in music education is a research degree designed for professional music educators who seek to expand and refine their teaching and musical skills. Doctoral students in music education broaden their knowledge of current music education research and practice, either to advance in their teaching/supervisory positions or to prepare for a career in higher education. The degree requires a minimum of 57 semester hours of graduate course work beyond the master's degree. Courses are offered by the Music Department and the Graduate School of Education and include advanced studies in research, music education, music theory, and music history. Additionally, students complete 12 credits in a cognate area of their choice, such as performance, conducting, musicology, composition, or educational administration. After successfully passing comprehensive examinations, a student's study culminates in 12 credits of dissertation research leading to a dissertation on a topic related to music education. There is no foreign language requirement.