Music at Cornell University

Every music school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music program at Cornell University stacks up to those at other schools.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and has a total student population of 23,620. Of the 4,287 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in 2021, 8 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.

Cornell Music Degrees Available

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

Cornell Music Rankings

The music major at Cornell 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.

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in music from Cornell. This makes it the #174 most popular school for music master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #46 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Music Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in music from Cornell. About 38% were men and 63% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Cornell University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Cornell Music Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a master's degree in music from Cornell. About 75% were men and 25% were women.

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

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

Cornell also has a doctoral program available in music. In 2021, 9 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Design & Applied Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Other Visual Art
• 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 NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	11,530	$99,870
Music Directors and Composers	2,780	$66,120
Sound Engineering Technicians	1,770	$82,030

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.