Music at Columbia College Chicago

What traits are you looking for in a music school? To help you decide if Columbia College Chicago is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's music program.

Columbia is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 6,769 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.

Columbia Music Degrees Available

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

Columbia Music Rankings

The music major at Columbia 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 Columbia

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

Columbia Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Columbia are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Columbia College Chicago with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	30
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Columbia Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 79% of music master's degrees went to men and 21% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Music

If you plan to be a music major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Columbia College Chicago. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	46
Other Music	16
Music Technology	8
Music Theory & Composition	1

Related Majors

• Dance
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Arts & Media Management
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic 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 IL, the home state for Columbia College Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,940	$68,360
Music Directors and Composers	370	$40,220
Sound Engineering Technicians	220	$60,500

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.