Music at Clark Atlanta University

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 Clark Atlanta University stacks up to those at other schools.

CAU is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 3,776 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 music majors received their bachelor's degree from CAU.

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

CAU Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

CAU Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at CAU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at CAU 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	210
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	503

Music Student Demographics at CAU

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

CAU Music Bachelor’s Program

The music program at CAU awarded 11 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 18% of these degrees went to men with the other 82% going to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at CAU since its program graduates 36% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 71% 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 Clark Atlanta University with a bachelor's in music.

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

CAU also has a doctoral program available in music. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Fine & Studio Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Design & Applied 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 GA, the home state for Clark Atlanta University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,390	$66,740
Sound Engineering Technicians	530	$62,640
Music Directors and Composers	200	$73,470

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 Bubba73 (Jud McCranie) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.