Music Theory & Composition at Florida State University

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

Florida State is located in Tallahassee, Florida and has a total student population of 43,569.

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

Florida State Music Theory & Composition Degrees Available

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

Florida State Music Theory & Composition Rankings

The music composition major at Florida State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music Theory & Composition. 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 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in music composition, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Composition Student Demographics at Florida State

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

Florida State Music Theory & Composition Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of music composition bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical music composition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Florida State since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music composition 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 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music composition 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 composition.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Florida State Music Theory & Composition Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of music composition master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

Of the students who received a music composition master's degree from Florida State, 100% 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 composition.

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

Related Majors

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

Careers That Music Composition Grads May Go Into

A degree in music composition 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.