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Music at Mount Holyoke College

If you plan to study music, take a look at what Mount Holyoke College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Mt. Holyoke is located in South Hadley, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,040. In 2021, 7 music majors received their bachelor's degree from Mt. Holyoke.

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

Mt. Holyoke Music Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Mt. Holyoke Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music programs across the country. The following shows how Mt. Holyoke performed in these rankings.

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 Mt. Holyoke 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 304
Most Focused Music Schools 395
Most Popular Music Schools 598

Music Student Demographics at Mt. Holyoke

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at Mount Holyoke College.

Mt. Holyoke Music Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 7 music students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Mt. Holyoke, about 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Mt. Holyoke since its program graduates 54% more women than average.

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

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

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

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 MA, the home state for Mount Holyoke College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers 26,420 $80,020
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 6,190 $99,540
Music Directors and Composers 260 $56,200
Sound Engineering Technicians 190 $57,110

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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