Music at Emerson College

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 Emerson College stacks up to those at other schools.

Emerson is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 5,115 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 3 music majors received their bachelor's degree from Emerson.

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

Emerson Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Emerson Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at Emerson compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Emerson 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
	89
	104
Best Music Schools	173
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	178
Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	426
Best Value Music Schools	474
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	730
Most Focused Music Schools	1,024

Music Student Demographics at Emerson

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

Emerson Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in music from Emerson in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Emerson since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

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

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

Emerson 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
• Film, Video & Photographic 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 MA, the home state for Emerson College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,190	$99,540
Music Directors and Composers	260	$56,200
Sound Engineering Technicians	190	$57,110

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 McDonald & Gill under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.