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Music at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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Music at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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 Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo stacks up to those at other schools.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and has a total student population of 22,440. Of the 5,421 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo in 2021, 8 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.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Music Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Music Rankings

The music major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 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 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Music Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 8 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo since its program graduates 54% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's in music.

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

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also has a doctoral program available in music. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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