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Music at Emporia State University

Music at Emporia State University

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

ESU is located in Emporia, Kansas and approximately 5,828 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.

ESU Music Degrees Available

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

ESU Music Rankings

The music major at ESU 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 ESU

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

ESU Music Bachelor’s Program

58% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 42% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at ESU since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 4
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

ESU Music Master’s Program

100% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of music master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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Of the students who received a music master's degree from ESU, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Concentrations Within Music

Music majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Emporia State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music 30

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 KS, the home state for Emporia State University.

Occupation Jobs in KS Average Salary in KS
High School Teachers 11,660 $51,490
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 590 $66,450
Music Directors and Composers 120 $55,290

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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