Music Performance at California State University - Los Angeles

Every music performance school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music performance program at California State University - Los Angeles stacks up to those at other schools.

Cal State LA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 26,745 students attend the school each year.

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

Cal State LA Music Performance Degrees Available

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

Cal State LA Music Performance Rankings

The music performance major at Cal State LA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music Performance. 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 Performance Student Demographics at Cal State LA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music performance majors at California State University - Los Angeles.

Cal State LA Music Performance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of music performance bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music performance 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 - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in music performance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Cal State LA Music Performance Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of music performance master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

In the music performance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 33% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• General Music

Careers That Music Performance Grads May Go Into

A degree in music performance 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 - Los Angeles.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
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 Justefrain under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.