Music at Boston College

If you plan to study music, take a look at what Boston College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and approximately 14,934 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,208 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Boston College in 2021, 5 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.

Boston College Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Boston College Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music programs across the country. The following shows how Boston College 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 Boston College 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
	42

Music Student Demographics at Boston College

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

Boston College Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music from Boston College in 2020-2021, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Boston College since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Boston College 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 Boston College with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Fine & Studio Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Drama & Theater 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 MA, the home state for Boston College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,190	$99,540
Music Directors and Composers	260	$56,200
Sound Engineering Technicians	190	$57,110

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 Harvey D. Egan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.