Jazz Studies at Michigan State University

If you plan to study jazz studies, take a look at what Michigan State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Jazz Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Michigan State Jazz Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Jazz
• Master’s Degree in Jazz

Michigan State Jazz Studies Rankings

The jazz major at Michigan State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Jazz Studies. 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.

Jazz Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State Jazz Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of jazz bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical jazz bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Michigan State since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in jazz at Michigan State are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its jazz bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Michigan State Jazz Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of jazz master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

Of the students who received a jazz master's degree from Michigan State, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the jazz master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Musicology & Ethnomusicology
• General Music
• Other Music
• Keyboard Instruments
• Conducting

Careers That Jazz Grads May Go Into

A degree in jazz 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

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.