Conducting at Michigan State University

What traits are you looking for in a conducting school? To help you decide if Michigan State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's conducting program.

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and approximately 49,695 students attend the school each year.

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

Michigan State Conducting Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Conducting

Michigan State Conducting Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in conducting, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Conducting Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State Conducting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of conducting master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

Of the students who received a conducting master's degree from Michigan State, 100% 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 Michigan State University with a master's in conducting.

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

Related Majors

• Musicology & Ethnomusicology
• General Music
• Other Music
• Keyboard Instruments
• Jazz Studies

Careers That Conducting Grads May Go Into

A degree in conducting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,710	$76,250
Music Directors and Composers	440	$51,180

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.