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Music Theory & Composition at Longy School of Music of Bard College

Music Theory & Composition at Longy School of Music of Bard College

What traits are you looking for in a music composition school? To help you decide if Longy School of Music of Bard College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's music composition program.

Longy is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 202 students attend the school each year.

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

Longy Music Theory & Composition Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Music Composition

Longy Music Theory & Composition Rankings

Music Composition Student Demographics at Longy

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music composition majors at Longy School of Music of Bard College.

Longy Music Theory & Composition Master’s Program

36% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 64% of music composition master's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

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Of the students who received a music composition master's degree from Longy, 55% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Longy School of Music of Bard College with a master's in music composition.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Music Composition Grads May Go Into

A degree in music composition can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Longy School of Music of Bard College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 6,190 $99,540
Music Directors and Composers 260 $56,200

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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