Music Performance at Michigan State University

Every music performance school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music performance program at Michigan State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and has a total student population of 49,695.

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

Michigan State Music Performance Degrees Available

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

Michigan State Music Performance Rankings

The music performance major at Michigan State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music Performance. 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.

There were 47 students who received their doctoral degrees in music performance, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Performance Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State Music Performance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of music performance bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music performance at Michigan State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music performance 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 music performance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Michigan State Music Performance Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of music performance master's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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

Careers That Music Performance Grads May Go Into

A degree in music performance 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.