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Music at Grinnell College

Music at Grinnell College

What traits are you looking for in a music school? To help you decide if Grinnell College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's music program.

Grinnell is located in Grinnell, Iowa and approximately 1,493 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.

Grinnell Music Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Grinnell Music Rankings

The music major at Grinnell 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 Grinnell

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

Grinnell Music Bachelor’s Program

36% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 64% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Grinnell College with a bachelor's in music.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 4
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Music

Music majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Grinnell College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music 5

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 IA, the home state for Grinnell College.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers 13,010 $56,510
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 1,110 $80,700
Music Directors and Composers 60 $52,430
Sound Engineering Technicians 60 $54,020

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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