Music at Gettysburg College

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

Gettysburg is located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,507 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 6 music majors received their bachelor's degree from Gettysburg.

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

Gettysburg Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Gettysburg Music Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at Gettysburg 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
Most Popular Music Schools	658

Music Student Demographics at Gettysburg

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at Gettysburg College.

Gettysburg Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in music from Gettysburg in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Gettysburg since its program graduates 37% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Gettysburg College with a bachelor's in music.

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

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

Related Majors

• Drama & Theater Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic 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 PA, the home state for Gettysburg College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	5,050	$80,740
Music Directors and Composers	400	$46,010
Sound Engineering Technicians	190	$45,540

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 Jason Kowell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.