Music at Eastern Kentucky University

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

Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and approximately 14,465 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.

Eastern Music Degrees Available

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

Eastern Music Rankings

The music major at Eastern 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 Eastern

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

Eastern Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Eastern since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Eastern 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 Eastern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Eastern Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of music master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from Eastern, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the music master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Music

If you plan to be a music major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Eastern Kentucky University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	29

Related Majors

• 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 KY, the home state for Eastern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers	12,250	$56,200
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	790	$76,750
Sound Engineering Technicians	60	$53,490
Music Directors and Composers	40	$49,610

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 Alpha 40475 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.