Music at Dickinson College

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

Dickinson is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,932 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 music majors received their bachelor's degree from Dickinson.

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

Dickinson Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Dickinson Music Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at Dickinson 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
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	389
Most Focused Music Schools	503
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	592
Most Popular Music Schools	712

Music Student Demographics at Dickinson

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

Dickinson Music Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 music majors earned their bachelor's degree from Dickinson. Of these graduates, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Dickinson since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Dickinson 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 Dickinson College with a bachelor's in music.

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

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

Related Majors

• Dance
• 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 PA, the home state for Dickinson College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	5,050	$80,740
Music Directors and Composers	400	$46,010
Sound Engineering Technicians	190	$45,540

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 JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.