Music at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and approximately 52,775 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.

NYU Music Degrees Available

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

NYU Music Rankings

The music major at NYU 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #60 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at NYU since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at NYU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 York University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	49
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

NYU Music Master’s Program

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

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	77
International Students	52
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at New York University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance	88
Music Theory & Composition	50
Other Music	33
General Music	18
Voice Performance	8

Related Majors

• Dance
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Other Visual Art
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Drama & Theater 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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	11,530	$99,870
Music Directors and Composers	2,780	$66,120
Sound Engineering Technicians	1,770	$82,030

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.