DMA Music (Interdisciplinary Digital Media) at Arizona State University

Programme overview

The Doctor of Musical Arts program in music with a concentration in interdisciplinary digital media is a distinctive collaboration of the School of Music, Dance and Theatre and the School of Arts, Media and Engineering, with extensive faculty interaction from both schools. If you have interests and the creative skills to work within a cross-section of the arts and sciences, the program is for you.

What you will study

90 credit hours, a written comprehensive exam, an oral comprehensive exam, a prospectus and a dissertation Required Core (25-27 credit hours) Music Theory Core Area (12-19) Music History Core Area (6-15) Concentration (33 credit hours) MTC 523 Advanced Composition (2-3) MTC 723 Advanced Composition (3) Arts, Media and Engineering coursework (21) Electives (9-11 credit hours) Research (9 credit hours) MTC 792 Research (9) Culminating Experience (12 credit hours) MTC 799 Dissertation (12) Additional Curriculum Information Completion of diagnostic exams in musicology and music theory is required of all new graduate music students prior to enrollment in the ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre.

Career pathways

The School of Music, Dance and Theatre graduate programs inspire and empower students to become creative leaders who transform society through music. Career examples: arts administrator, community arts advocate, composer for film, video games or television, performing musician, public or community school teacher, university professor.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Applicants are eligible to apply to the program if they have earned a U.S. bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution or the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor's degree from an institution in another country and officially recognized by that country. Applicants must have achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in the last 60 semester hours or 90 quarter-hours of their first bachelor's degree program, or applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in an applicable master's degree program.

Domestic applicants: USD 13,327 a year (2026-27). Arizona resident tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads Source

International applicants: USD 24,780 a year (2026-27). International tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads ar Source

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer; the terms available for each programme are listed in Degree Search.

Graduate application deadlines are set by each programme office and listed in Degree Search. The nonrefundable application fee is $75 for U.S. citizens, permanent residents, DACA and international online students outside the U.S., and $120 for international students on a nonimmigrant visa studying in the U.S.

Apply through the official page: https://admission.asu.edu/apply/graduate/admission

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