Music Performance at Florida State University

Every music performance school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music performance program at Florida State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Florida State is located in Tallahassee, Florida and approximately 43,569 students attend the school each year.

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

Florida State Music Performance Degrees Available

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

Florida State Music Performance Rankings

The music performance major at Florida State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music Performance. 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.

There were 28 students who received their doctoral degrees in music performance, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Performance Student Demographics at Florida State

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

Florida State Music Performance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of music performance bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music performance at Florida State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music performance bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	27
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Florida State Music Performance Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a music performance master's degree from Florida State, 64% 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 Florida State University with a master's in music performance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	30
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Voice Performance
• Musicology & Ethnomusicology
• Music Theory & Composition
• General Music

Careers That Music Performance Grads May Go Into

A degree in music performance 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 State University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,520	$72,670
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 Ayzmo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.