The Boston University School of Music offer master's degrees and Ph.D.'s online. You can complete a master's degree in 17-20 months. The Ph.D. program requires a 24-month commitment. The school takes applications five times a year for master's programs, and only once per year for a Ph.D. You submit all your classwork online. You can receive recordings of lectures online, allowing you to view them at your convenience.
Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, in Lynchburg, Va., has an online Master's of Arts in Worship Studies program, with specialization in Ethnomusicology. The goal of this program is to prepare you as a church worship leader to better serve your local church community. You will receive research training and tools to adapt to a variety of worship cultures within the Christian community. Your teacher will send you a detailed syllabus each week. This college is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).
Kent State University's Hugh A. Glauser School Music offers master's of music, master's of arts and Ph.D degrees. For the master's of music performance degree, the college offers majors in Conducting, Music Education and Music Performance. For the master's of arts, you have the options of majoring in composition, ethnomusicology, musicology, or theory. As of 2011, the only Ph.D. option is music theory and composition.
The University of Nebraska at Kearney's online graduate music program requires specific software and computer capabilities, and can be pursued on either a PC or Mac. The core curriculum includes music theory and music history/literature. You must earn three credit hours through research, along with 18 hours of music education. You must take six hours of electives in performance pedagogy, along with six more hours of additional electives.