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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students received a bachelor's degree in music from McNeese.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at McNeese 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	211
Most Focused Music Schools	289

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 music majors earned their bachelor's degree from McNeese. Of these graduates, 74% were men and 26% were women.

About 79% 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.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

McNeese 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

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Gkarg under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.