Music at College of Charleston

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. Of the 2,134 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from College of Charleston in 2021, 14 of them were music majors.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks music programs across the country. The following shows how C of C performed in these rankings.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	203
	219
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	311

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

Of the 14 music students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from C of C, about 57% were men and 43% were women.

About 71% 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	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• General Visual & Performing Arts
• Dance
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Arts & Media Management

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
• Image Credit: By Lkeadle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.