Music at Queens College

42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying music, you may want to check out the program at Queens College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

QC is located in Queens, New York and has a total student population of 19,700.

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

QC Music Degrees Available

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

QC Music Rankings

The music major at QC 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 QC

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

QC Music Bachelor’s Program

50% Women

42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at QC since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Queens College with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	11
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

QC Music Master’s Program

45% Women

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of music master's degrees went to men and 45% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	14
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Music

Music majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Queens College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance	44
Jazz Studies	21

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 Queens 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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