Music at Emory University

If you are interested in studying music, you may want to check out the program at Emory University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Emory is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 13,997. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in music from Emory.

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

Emory Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Emory Music Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at Emory 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 Value Music Schools	227

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in music from Emory. This is the #301 most popular school for music master’s degree candidates in the country.

Music Student Demographics at Emory

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

Emory Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music from Emory in 2020-2021, 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Emory since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Dance
• Drama & Theater Arts
• 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 GA, the home state for Emory University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,390	$66,740
Sound Engineering Technicians	530	$62,640
Music Directors and Composers	200	$73,470

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 Mpspqr under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.