Music at DePauw University

Every music school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music program at DePauw University stacks up to those at other schools.

DePauw is located in Greencastle, Indiana and approximately 1,752 students attend the school each year. Of the 583 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from DePauw University in 2021, 18 of them were music majors.

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

DePauw Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

DePauw Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music programs across the country. The following shows how DePauw performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at DePauw 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Music Schools	47
	239
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	252

Earnings of DePauw Music Graduates

The median salary of music students who receive their bachelor's degree at DePauw is $27,996. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $24,982 for all music bachelor's degree recipients.

Music Student Demographics at DePauw

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

DePauw Music Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students earned a bachelor's degree in music from DePauw. About 72% of these graduates were women and the other 28% were men. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at DePauw since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at DePauw are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from DePauw University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

DePauw also has a doctoral program available in music. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Drama & Theater Arts
• Arts & Media Management
• 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 IN, the home state for DePauw University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers	19,690	$53,030
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,030	$68,070
Music Directors and Composers	140	$66,460

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 Rovergirl88 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.