Music at New Jersey City University

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

NJCU is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and approximately 7,550 students attend the school each year.

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

NJCU Music Degrees Available

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

NJCU Music Rankings

The music major at NJCU 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.

Music Student Demographics at NJCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at New Jersey City University.

NJCU Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at NJCU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Jersey City University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NJCU Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of music master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women.

In the music master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	6
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Music

If you plan to be a music major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New Jersey City University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	27
Music Performance	11

Related Majors

• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Dance
• Fine & Studio 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 NJ, the home state for New Jersey City University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
High School Teachers	29,140	$76,390
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,070	$90,750
Sound Engineering Technicians	430	$55,570
Music Directors and Composers	410	$73,320

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 Stepanstas under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.