Music at Bucknell University

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

Bucknell is located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,726 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in music from Bucknell.

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

Bucknell Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Bucknell Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at Bucknell 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 Bucknell 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	557
Most Focused Music Schools	690

Music Student Demographics at Bucknell

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

Bucknell Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Bucknell since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Bucknell 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 Bucknell University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Bucknell 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
• 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 PA, the home state for Bucknell University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	5,050	$80,740
Music Directors and Composers	400	$46,010
Sound Engineering Technicians	190	$45,540

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 Balon Greyjoy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.