Music at Hunter College

What traits are you looking for in a music school? To help you decide if Hunter College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's music program.

Hunter is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 24,052.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Music section at the bottom of this page.

Hunter Music Degrees Available

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

Hunter Music Rankings

The music major at Hunter 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 Hunter

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

Hunter Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Hunter since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Hunter College with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Hunter Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Music

Music majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Hunter College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance	30
Music History	9

Related Majors

• Dance
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• 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 Hunter 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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.