Music at Kalamazoo College

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

K College is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has a total student population of 1,451. Of the 497 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Kalamazoo College in 2021, 4 of them were music majors.

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

K College Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

K College Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music programs across the country. The following shows how K College 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 K College 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	384
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	451
	462
	498
Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	502
Best Value Music Schools	547
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	658
Most Popular Music Schools	797

Music Student Demographics at K College

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

K College Music Bachelor’s Program

The music program at K College awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at K College since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

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

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

K College 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

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 Kalamazoo 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 Gotanero under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.