Music at Elon University

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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 Elon University stacks up to those at other schools.

Elon is located in Elon, North Carolina and approximately 7,117 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.

Elon Music Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Elon Music Rankings

The music major at Elon 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 Elon

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

Elon Music Bachelor’s Program

67% Women

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Elon since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Elon 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 Elon University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Elon University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	12
Music Performance	2

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 NC, the home state for Elon University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,860	$66,640
Sound Engineering Technicians	230	$51,060
Music Directors and Composers	90	$48,920

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
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