Music at Loyola University New Orleans

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 Loyola University New Orleans stacks up to those at other schools.

Loyola New Orleans is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and approximately 4,497 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students received a bachelor's degree in music from Loyola New Orleans.

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

Loyola New Orleans Music Degrees Available

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

Loyola New Orleans Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music programs across the country. The following shows how Loyola New Orleans 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 Loyola New Orleans 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 Master’s Degree Schools	50
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	100
Most Popular Music Master’s Degree Schools	152
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	167
Best Music Master’s Degree Schools	244
Best Music Schools	479
	482
Best Value Music Schools	499

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in music from Loyola New Orleans. This makes it the #153 most popular school for music master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Loyola New Orleans Music Graduates

The median salary of music students who receive their bachelor's degree at Loyola New Orleans is $18,206. This is less than $24,982, which is the national average of all music majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Music Student Demographics at Loyola New Orleans

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at Loyola University New Orleans.

Loyola New Orleans Music Bachelor’s Program

The music program at Loyola New Orleans awarded 26 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 Loyola New Orleans since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Loyola New Orleans Music Master’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a master’s in music from Loyola New Orleans in 2021, 40% were men and 60% were women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from Loyola New Orleans, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the music master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Fine & Studio Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Design & Applied Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Arts & Media Management

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 LA, the home state for Loyola University New Orleans.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
High School Teachers	13,930	$51,810
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	490	$61,980
Sound Engineering Technicians	230	$88,610

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 Infrogmation of New Orleans under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.