Music at College of Charleston

10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study music, take a look at what College of Charleston has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

C of C is located in Charleston, South Carolina and approximately 10,384 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.

C of C Music Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Music

C of C Music Rankings

The music major at C of C 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 C of C

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at College of Charleston.

C of C Music Bachelor’s Program

70% Women

10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at C of C since its program graduates 24% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at C of C are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from College of Charleston with a bachelor's in music.

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

Concentrations Within Music

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	14

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 SC, the home state for College of Charleston.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
High School Teachers	15,310	$54,400
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	800	$61,680
Music Directors and Composers	100	$53,700
Sound Engineering Technicians	90	$49,210

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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