Music at Carnegie Mellon University

36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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 Carnegie Mellon University stacks up to those at other schools.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 13,519.

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

Carnegie Mellon Music Degrees Available

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

Carnegie Mellon Music Rankings

The music major at Carnegie Mellon 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 Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Music Bachelor’s Program

50% Women

36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Carnegie Mellon are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Carnegie Mellon Music Master’s Program

64% Women

11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of music master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from Carnegie Mellon, 61% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	27
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Music

If you plan to be a music major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Carnegie Mellon University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance	59
Voice Performance	12
Stringed Instruments	10
Music Technology	6
Music Theory & Composition	4
Music Pedagogy	3

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 PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	5,050	$80,740
Music Directors and Composers	400	$46,010
Sound Engineering Technicians	190	$45,540

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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