Music at Hope College

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

Hope is located in Holland, Michigan and has a total student population of 3,061. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in music from Hope.

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

Hope Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Hope Music Rankings

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

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 Hope 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	797

Music Student Demographics at Hope

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

Hope Music Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 music majors earned their bachelor's degree from Hope. Of these graduates, 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Hope since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Hope 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 Hope College with a bachelor's in music.

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

Hope 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
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Dance

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 Hope College.

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 Trenner1945 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.