Music at Augustana College

What traits are you looking for in a music school? To help you decide if Augustana College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's music program.

Augustana is located in Rock Island, Illinois and has a total student population of 2,389. Of the 914 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Augustana College in 2021, 12 of them were music majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Music section at the bottom of this page.

Augustana Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Augustana Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music programs across the country. The following shows how Augustana performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at Augustana is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	228
Most Popular Music Schools	430

Music Student Demographics at Augustana

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at Augustana College.

Augustana Music Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 music majors earned their bachelor's degree from Augustana. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Augustana since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Augustana are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Augustana College with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Augustana also has a doctoral program available in music. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Drama & Theater Arts
• Design & Applied Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts

Careers That Music Grads May Go Into

A degree in music can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Augustana College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,940	$68,360
Music Directors and Composers	370	$40,220
Sound Engineering Technicians	220	$60,500

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.