Music Performance at New York 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 New York University stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Performance section at the bottom of this page.

NYU Music Performance Degrees Available

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

NYU Music Performance Rankings

The music performance major at NYU 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 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in music performance, making the school the #29 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Performance Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Music Performance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of music performance bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music performance at NYU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 New York University with a bachelor's in music performance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	37
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

NYU Music Performance Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of music performance master's degrees went to men and 35% 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 performance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	27
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Voice Performance
• General Music
• Other Music
• Music Theory & Composition

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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	11,530	$99,870
Music Directors and Composers	2,780	$66,120

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.