Music at Gordon College

30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying music, you may want to check out the program at Gordon College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Gordon College is located in Wenham, Massachusetts and approximately 1,816 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.

Gordon College Music Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Gordon College Music Rankings

The music major at Gordon College 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 Gordon College

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

Gordon College Music Bachelor’s Program

50% Women

30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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 Gordon College since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Gordon College 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 Gordon College with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Music

If you plan to be a music major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Gordon College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	5
Music Performance	3

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 MA, the home state for Gordon College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,190	$99,540
Music Directors and Composers	260	$56,200
Sound Engineering Technicians	190	$57,110

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
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