Music at Brooklyn College

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

Brooklyn College is located in Brooklyn, New York and approximately 17,735 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.

Brooklyn College Music Degrees Available

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

Brooklyn College Music Rankings

The music major at Brooklyn 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.

Music Student Demographics at Brooklyn College

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

Brooklyn College Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 Brooklyn College with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Brooklyn College Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of music master's degrees went to men and 52% went to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from Brooklyn College, 52% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	12
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Music

The following music concentations are available at Brooklyn College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Brooklyn College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Theory & Composition	26
Music Performance	23
General Music	11
Jazz Studies	4
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	2

Related Majors

• General Visual & Performing Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Fine & Studio 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 NY, the home state for Brooklyn College.

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 Gabriel Liendo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.