IU Musicology Department ranked in top tier among best academic programs in nation

The Musicology Department in the Jacobs School of Music was recognized among the best in the United States in the Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs.     

The department ranks between first and eighth overall out of 63 academic programs in music. The rankings were made based on 21 measures of quality.

The study, which released Sept. 28 by the National Research Council, examined more than 5,000 doctoral programs in 59 fields of study at 121 universities.

The IU department is ranked well in various areas, including number of awards per faculty member, percentage of interdisciplinary faculty, number of publications per faculty member, percentage of students who complete the degree, percentage of Ph.D. graduates who obtain academic jobs and percentage of minority and women faculty.

“We are very proud to receive this recognition for the quality of our musicology program,” said J. Peter Burkholder, distinguished professor and chairman of the department in a press release. “This testifies to the hard work of our devoted faculty and to the achievements of our students. We appreciate the strong support of the Jacobs School.”

Data for the study was collected from public sources and through questionnaires administered in 2006.

The complete rankings are available at www.chronicle.com/page/NRC-Rankings/321/#data.

To learn more about the Jacobs School of Music, visit www.music.indiana.edu.