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Music at Houghton College

Music at Houghton College

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

Houghton is located in Houghton, New York and approximately 902 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.

Houghton Music Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music
  • Master’s Degree in Music

Houghton Music Rankings

The music major at Houghton 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 Houghton

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

Houghton Music Bachelor’s Program

88% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Houghton since its program graduates 42% more women than average.

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About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Houghton 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 Houghton College with a bachelor's in music.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Houghton Music Master’s Program

25% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 75% of music master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

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Of the students who received a music master's degree from Houghton, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Houghton College with a master's in music.

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

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 Houghton College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music 3
Other Music 3
Music Theory & Composition 2
Conducting 2

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 NY, the home state for Houghton College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers 74,830 $85,300
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 11,530 $99,870
Music Directors and Composers 2,780 $66,120
Sound Engineering Technicians 1,770 $82,030

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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