Music at Cumberland University

If you plan to study music, take a look at what Cumberland University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CU is located in Lebanon, Tennessee and has a total student population of 2,704. Of the 275 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Cumberland University in 2021, 3 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.

CU Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

CU Music Rankings

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

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 CU 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 Associate Degree Schools	250
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	730

Music Student Demographics at CU

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

CU Music Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 music majors earned their bachelor's degree from CU. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at CU since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at CU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Cumberland University with a bachelor's in music.

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

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

Related Majors

• 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 TN, the home state for Cumberland University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
High School Teachers	20,190	$53,620
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,350	$56,040
Sound Engineering Technicians	360	$56,940

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 Ichabod under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.