<p>Also, it was mentioned earlier that performers rarely go for DMA’s–that it was mostly an academic degree if one wanted to teach in a non-conservatory setting. I have to disagree on that one. I hold a DMA in piano performance, and many of my classmates went on to performance careers or conservatory level teaching. It might, however, be instrument-related. But almost every M.M. piano performance major I knew went on to the DMA. Of course, that was quite a number of years ago… 
and tuition costs were considerably less…</p>