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Music Performance at Jackson State University

Music Performance at Jackson State University

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

Jackson State is located in Jackson, Mississippi and has a total student population of 6,921.

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

Jackson State Music Performance Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance

Jackson State Music Performance Rankings

The music performance major at Jackson State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music Performance. 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 Performance Student Demographics at Jackson State

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

Jackson State Music Performance Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of music performance bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 73% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music performance bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Careers That Music Performance Grads May Go Into

A degree in music performance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for Jackson State University.

Occupation Jobs in MS Average Salary in MS
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 660 $62,540
Music Directors and Composers 80 $53,000

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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