Music at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

What traits are you looking for in a music school? To help you decide if Colorado State University - Fort Collins is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's music program.

Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and approximately 32,428 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.

Colorado State Music Degrees Available

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

Colorado State Music Rankings

The music major at Colorado State 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 Colorado State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Colorado State Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Colorado State since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Colorado State 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 Colorado State University - Fort Collins with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	31
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Colorado State Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of music master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from Colorado State, 80% 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 Colorado State University - Fort Collins with a master's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	37
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Music

Music majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Colorado State University - Fort Collins. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	90

Related Majors

• Dance
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Arts & Media Management
• 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 CO, the home state for Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
High School Teachers	16,950	$55,110
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,880	$60,820
Sound Engineering Technicians	140	$52,990
Music Directors and Composers	100	$50,800

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 Spilly816 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.