Music at Georgia Southern University

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

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and approximately 26,949 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.

GaSou Music Degrees Available

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

GaSou Music Rankings

The music major at GaSou 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 GaSou

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

GaSou Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at GaSou since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at GaSou are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GaSou Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from GaSou, 63% 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 Georgia Southern University with a master's in music.

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

Concentrations Within Music

The following music concentations are available at Georgia Southern University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Georgia Southern University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	17

Related Majors

• Drama & Theater Arts
• Design & Applied 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,390	$66,740
Sound Engineering Technicians	530	$62,640
Music Directors and Composers	200	$73,470

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 Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.