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Music at The Graduate Center, CUNY

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

The Graduate Center is located in New York, New York and approximately 9,300 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.

The Graduate Center Music Degrees Available

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

The Graduate Center Music Rankings

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In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in music from The Graduate Center. This makes it the #113 most popular school for music master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 21 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

The Graduate Center Music Master’s Program

60% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 music majors earned their master's degree from The Graduate Center. Of these graduates, 40% were men and 60% were women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

The Graduate Center also has a doctoral program available in music. In 2021, 21 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 The Graduate Center, CUNY.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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