Music at Bard College

If you are interested in studying music, you may want to check out the program at Bard College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Bard is located in Annandale-On-Hudson, New York and approximately 2,465 students attend the school each year.

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

Bard Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music
• Master’s Degree in Music

Bard Music Rankings

The music major at Bard 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.

Music Student Demographics at Bard

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

Bard Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Bard since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Bard Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of music master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Music

If you plan to be a music major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Bard College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance	51

Related Majors

• Other Visual Art
• 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 NY, the home state for Bard College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	11,530	$99,870
Music Directors and Composers	2,780	$66,120
Sound Engineering Technicians	1,770	$82,030

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.