Music at Lafayette College

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 Lafayette College stacks up to those at other schools.

Lafayette is located in Easton, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,514 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in music from Lafayette.

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

Lafayette Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Lafayette Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at Lafayette compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Lafayette 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
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Best Music Schools	3
	6
Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	180
Best Value Music Schools	214
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	457
Most Focused Music Schools	576
Most Popular Music Schools	712

Music Student Demographics at Lafayette

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

Lafayette Music Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 music majors earned their bachelor's degree from Lafayette. Of these graduates, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Lafayette since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Lafayette 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 Lafayette College with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Lafayette 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
• Film, Video & Photographic 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 PA, the home state for Lafayette College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	5,050	$80,740
Music Directors and Composers	400	$46,010
Sound Engineering Technicians	190	$45,540

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 Shuvaev under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.