Music at Grand Valley State University

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

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and has a total student population of 23,350. In 2021, 37 music majors received their bachelor's degree from GVSU.

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

GVSU Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

GVSU Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at GVSU 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 GVSU 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
Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41

How Much Do Music Graduates from GVSU Make?

The median salary of music students who receive their bachelor's degree at GVSU is $32,676. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 31% higher than the national average of $24,982 for all music bachelor's degree recipients.

Music Student Demographics at GVSU

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

GVSU Music Bachelor’s Program

The music program at GVSU awarded 37 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at GVSU since its program graduates 27% more women than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at GVSU 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 Grand Valley State University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	29
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

GVSU 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
• Dance
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic 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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
High School Teachers	24,130	$62,950
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,710	$76,250
Music Directors and Composers	440	$51,180
Sound Engineering Technicians	90	$65,540

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 Demhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.