Music at Belmont University

Every music school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music program at Belmont University stacks up to those at other schools.

Belmont is located in Nashville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 8,204.

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

Belmont Music Degrees Available

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

Belmont Music Rankings

The music major at Belmont 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 Belmont

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

Belmont Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Belmont since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Belmont 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 Belmont University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	83
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Belmont Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of music master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from Belmont, 81% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	22
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Belmont University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Music	78
Music Performance	23
Music Theory & Composition	8
General Music	2
Voice Performance	1

Related Majors

• Fine & Studio Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Design & Applied Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Arts & Media Management

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 TN, the home state for Belmont University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
High School Teachers	20,190	$53,620
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,350	$56,040
Sound Engineering Technicians	360	$56,940

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 EVula under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.