Music at Mississippi State University

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

Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and has a total student population of 22,986. Of the 4,575 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State University in 2021, 4 of them were music majors.

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

Mississippi State Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Mississippi State Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at Mississippi State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at Mississippi State 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	77
Best Music Schools	280
Most Focused Music Master’s Degree Schools	300
Most Popular Music Schools	797

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in music from Mississippi State. This is the #301 most popular school for music master’s degree candidates in the country.

Music Student Demographics at Mississippi State

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

Mississippi State Music Bachelor’s Program

The music program at Mississippi State awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Mississippi State since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Mississippi State 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 Mississippi State University with a bachelor's in music.

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

Mississippi State also has a doctoral program available in music. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Visual & Performing 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 MS, the home state for Mississippi State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
High School Teachers	8,920	$47,190
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	660	$62,540
Music Directors and Composers	80	$53,000

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.