Music at California State University - Long Beach

63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and approximately 40,069 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.

CSULB Music Degrees Available

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

CSULB Music Rankings

The music major at CSULB 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 CSULB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at California State University - Long Beach.

CSULB Music Bachelor’s Program

52% Women

63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at CSULB since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 State University - Long Beach with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	28
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

CSULB Music Master’s Program

27% Women

38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of music master's degrees went to men and 27% went to women.

In the music master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	13
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Music

The following music concentations are available at California State University - Long Beach. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Long Beach. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance	122
General Music	7

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 State University - Long Beach.

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
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