Music at Howard University

Every music school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music program at Howard University stacks up to those at other schools.

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 10,859.

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

Howard Music Degrees Available

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

Howard Music Rankings

The music major at Howard 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 Howard

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

Howard Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Howard since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 69% 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 Howard University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Howard Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of music master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

In the music master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

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

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

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Howard University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	19

Related Majors

• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Arts & Media Management

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 DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
High School Teachers	3,850	$65,180
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	490	$100,590
Music Directors and Composers	90	$77,220
Sound Engineering Technicians	60	$79,410

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 Josh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.