Music at Biola 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 Biola University stacks up to those at other schools.

Biola is located in La Mirada, California and has a total student population of 5,815. In 2021, 23 music majors received their bachelor's degree from Biola.

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

Biola Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Biola Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at Biola compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at Biola 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
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	187
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	192

How Much Do Music Graduates from Biola Make?

The median salary of music students who receive their bachelor's degree at Biola is $28,811. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 15% higher than the national average of $24,982 for all music bachelor's degree recipients.

Music Student Demographics at Biola

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

Biola Music Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students earned a bachelor's degree in music from Biola. About 48% of these graduates were women and the other 52% were men. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Biola since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Biola 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
• Film, Video & Photographic 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 CA, the home state for Biola University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Music Directors and Composers	1,230	$64,600

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 Robert J. Boser under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.