Music at LIU Post

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

LIU Post is located in Brookville, New York and has a total student population of 15,066. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in music from LIU Post.

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

LIU Post Music Degrees Available

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

LIU Post Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music programs across the country. The following shows how LIU Post performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at LIU Post 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 Schools	514

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in music from LIU Post. This makes it the #163 most popular school for music master’s degree candidates in the country.

Music Student Demographics at LIU Post

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

LIU Post Music Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 music majors earned their bachelor's degree from LIU Post. Of these graduates, 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at LIU Post since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

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

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

LIU Post Music Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a master's degree in Music from LIU Post in 2020-2021, 44% were men and 56% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

LIU Post also has a doctoral program available in music. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Arts & Media Management
• Dance
• Fine & Studio Arts
• General Visual & Performing 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 NY, the home state for LIU Post.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.