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Music at McNeese State University

Music at McNeese State University

If you are interested in studying music, you may want to check out the program at McNeese State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

McNeese is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana and approximately 7,284 students attend the school each year.

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

McNeese Music Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music

McNeese Music Rankings

The music major at McNeese 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.

Music Student Demographics at McNeese

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at McNeese State University.

McNeese Music Bachelor’s Program

27% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 73% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 27% went to women.

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About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at McNeese are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 McNeese State University with a bachelor's in music.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Music

The following music concentations are available at McNeese State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from McNeese State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance 19

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 McNeese State University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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