Music at Butler University

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

Butler is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and approximately 5,544 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.

Butler Music Degrees Available

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

Butler Music Rankings

The music major at Butler 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 Butler

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

Butler Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Butler since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Butler 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 Butler University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Butler Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of music master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from Butler, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the music master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Music

Music majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Butler University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance	17
General Music	15
Music Theory & Composition	6
Jazz Studies	5
Keyboard Instruments	2
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	1
Other Music	1

Related Majors

• Design & Applied Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Dance
• 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 IN, the home state for Butler University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers	19,690	$53,030
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,030	$68,070
Music Directors and Composers	140	$66,460

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 Peetlesnumber1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.