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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. Of the 735 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Emporia State University in 2021, 18 of them were music majors.

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

Online Classes Are Available at ESU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? ESU offers distance education options for music at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

ESU Music Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools 220
Best Music Schools 228
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools 323

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in music from ESU. This makes it the #133 most popular school for music master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

89% Women
6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 18 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music from ESU in 2020-2021, 11% were men and 89% were 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 43% 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 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 5
International Students 12
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

ESU Music Master’s Program

83% Women
The music program at ESU awarded 12 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 17% of these degrees went to men with the other 83% going to women.

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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 2
International Students 10
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

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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