Music at College of the Holy Cross

If you are interested in studying music, you may want to check out the program at College of the Holy Cross. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Holy Cross is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,970. Of the 877 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from College of the Holy Cross in 2021, 12 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.

Holy Cross Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Holy Cross Music Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at Holy Cross 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
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Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best Value Music Schools	237
Most Focused Music Schools	286
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	343

Music Student Demographics at Holy Cross

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

Holy Cross Music Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in music from Holy Cross. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Holy Cross since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Holy Cross 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 the Holy Cross with a bachelor's in music.

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

Holy Cross 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
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Fine & Studio 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 MA, the home state for College of the Holy Cross.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,190	$99,540
Music Directors and Composers	260	$56,200
Sound Engineering Technicians	190	$57,110

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 George Rypysc III under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.