Music at Florida Atlantic University

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

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and approximately 30,805 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.

FAU Music Degrees Available

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

FAU Music Rankings

The music major at FAU 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 FAU

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

FAU Music Bachelor’s Program

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 FAU since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

FAU Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of music master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

In the music master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 29% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Music

The following music concentations are available at Florida Atlantic University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Florida Atlantic University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	15

Related Majors

• Arts & Media Management
• Drama & Theater 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 FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
High School Teachers	47,960	$54,120
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,520	$72,670
Sound Engineering Technicians	900	$56,010
Music Directors and Composers	640	$72,420

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 Kmgcoolguy4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.