Music at California Institute of the Arts

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 California Institute of the Arts stacks up to those at other schools.

CalArts is located in Valencia, California and has a total student population of 1,166.

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

CalArts Music Degrees Available

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

CalArts Music Rankings

The music major at CalArts 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #86 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Student Demographics at CalArts

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at California Institute of the Arts.

CalArts Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at CalArts are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 California Institute of the Arts with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	24
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

CalArts Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of music master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Music

Music majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California Institute of the Arts. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Theory & Composition	32
Music Performance	13
General Music	10
Jazz Studies	6

Related Majors

• Other Visual Art
• Arts & Media Management
• Design & Applied Arts
• Dance
• 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 CA, the home state for California Institute of the Arts.

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.