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Music at The Graduate Center, CUNY

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

The Graduate Center Music Rankings

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

56% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 44% of music master's degrees went to men and 56% went to 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 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 4
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Music

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music 26
Music Performance 9
Music Theory & Composition 1

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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