Graduate degrees
Explore our graduate degree programs
The ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts offers graduate degrees and concentrations in five schools and institute-wide. Whether you practice music, architecture, dance, theatre, design, visual art or other disciplines, creative excellence requires both a mastery of your field and the development of your own creative expression. At the Herberger Institute you will excel, innovate and thrive.
Herberger Institute graduate degrees
| Degree | Degree Awarded | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Master of Architecture | Tempe, ASU Online |
| Art | Master of Fine Arts | Tempe |
| Art (Digital Technology) | Master of Fine Arts | Tempe |
| Art Education | Master of Arts | Tempe |
| Art History | Master of Arts | Tempe |
| Composition | Master of Music | Tempe |
| Composition (Interdisciplinary Digital Media) | Master of Music | Tempe |
| Conducting | Doctor of Musical Arts | Tempe |
| Creative Enterprise and Cultural Leadership | Master of Arts | Tempe |
| Dance | Master of Fine Arts | Tempe |
| Dance (Interdisciplinary Digital Media and Performance) | Master of Fine Arts | Tempe |
| Design (Experience Design) | Master of Science in Design | Mesa |
| Design (Space Architecture and Extreme Environments) | Master of Science in Design | Tempe |
| Design (Visual Communication Design) | Master of Science in Design | Tempe |
| Design, Environment and the Arts (Design) | Doctor of Philosophy | Tempe |
| Design, Environment and the Arts (History, Theory, and Criticism) | Doctor of Philosophy | Tempe |
| Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Master of Science | Tempe |
| Indigenous Placekeeping and Design | Master of Science | Tempe |
| Industrial Design | Master of Industrial Design | Tempe |
| Industrial Design | Master of Science in Design | Tempe |
| Interior Architecture | Master of Interior Architecture | Tempe |
| Landscape Architecture | Master of Landscape Architecture | Tempe |
| Media Arts and Sciences | Master of Science | Tempe |
| Media Arts and Sciences | Doctor of Philosophy | Tempe |
| Media Arts and Sciences (Extended Reality Technologies) | Master of Science | Mesa |
| Music (Ethnomusicology) | Master of Arts | Tempe |
| Music (Interdisciplinary Digital Media) | Doctor of Musical Arts | Tempe |
| Music (Music Learning and Teaching) | Doctor of Philosophy | Tempe |
| Music (Musicology) | Master of Arts | Tempe |
| Music (Musicology) | Doctor of Philosophy | Tempe |
| Music (Performance) | Doctor of Musical Arts | Tempe |
| Music Composition | Doctor of Musical Arts | Tempe |
| Music Learning and Teaching | Master of Music | Tempe |
| Music Performance | Master of Music | Tempe |
| Music Therapy | Master of Music | Tempe |
| Narrative and Emerging Media | Master of Arts | Los Angeles |
| Performance (Collaborative Piano) | Master of Music | Tempe |
| Performance (Conducting) | Master of Music | Tempe |
| Performance (Performance Pedagogy), MM | Master of Music | Tempe |
| Performance (Voice, Music Theatre, Opera) | Master of Music | Tempe |
| Theatre | Master of Arts | Tempe |
| Theatre (Directing) | Master of Fine Arts | Tempe |
| Theatre (Dramatic Writing) | Master of Fine Arts | Tempe |
| Theatre (Interdisciplinary Digital Media) | Master of Fine Arts | Tempe |
| Theatre (Performance) | Master of Fine Arts | Tempe |
| Theatre (Theatre and Performance of the Americas) | Doctor of Philosophy | Tempe |
| Theatre (Theatre for Youth and Community) | Master of Fine Arts | Tempe |
| Urban Design | Master of Urban Design | Tempe |
| Visual Communication Design | Master of Visual Communication Design | Tempe |