Music at Holy Names University

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

HNU is located in Oakland, California and approximately 1,014 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 13 music majors received their bachelor's degree from HNU.

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

HNU Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

HNU Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music programs across the country. The following shows how HNU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at HNU 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 Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Most Popular Music Master’s Degree Schools	300
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	326

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in music from HNU. This is the #301 most popular school for music master’s degree candidates in the country.

Music Student Demographics at HNU

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

HNU Music Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students earned a bachelor's degree in music from HNU. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at HNU since its program graduates 54% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Holy Names University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 CA, the home state for Holy Names University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Music Directors and Composers	1,230	$64,600

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 HolyNamesWebmaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.