Music at George Fox University

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

GFU is located in Newberg, Oregon and approximately 4,106 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 7 music majors received their bachelor's degree from GFU.

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

GFU Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

GFU Music Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at GFU 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
	174
Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	319
Best Value Music Schools	374

Music Student Demographics at GFU

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

GFU Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in music from GFU in 2021, 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at GFU since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at GFU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Arts & Media Management
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Design & Applied 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 OR, the home state for George Fox University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
High School Teachers	10,390	$72,640
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,350	$75,800
Music Directors and Composers	830	$46,000
Sound Engineering Technicians	400	$43,180

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 George Fox University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.