Music at Cornell College

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

Cornell College is located in Mount Vernon, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,002. In 2021, 5 music majors received their bachelor's degree from Cornell College.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Music section at the bottom of this page.

Cornell College Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Cornell College Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music programs across the country. The following shows how Cornell College 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 Cornell College 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
Most Focused Music Schools	232
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	592
Most Popular Music Schools	712

Music Student Demographics at Cornell College

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

Cornell College Music Bachelor’s Program

The music program at Cornell College awarded 5 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Cornell College since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Cornell College 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 Cornell College with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• 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 IA, the home state for Cornell College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers	13,010	$56,510
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,110	$80,700
Music Directors and Composers	60	$52,430
Sound Engineering Technicians	60	$54,020

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 ArtisticAbode under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.