Music at Northeastern State University

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

NSU is located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and approximately 7,349 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,476 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northeastern State University in 2021, 7 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.

NSU Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

NSU Music Rankings

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

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 NSU 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 Popular Music Schools	598
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	702

Music Student Demographics at NSU

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

NSU Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music from NSU in 2020-2021, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at NSU since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at NSU 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 Northeastern 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	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Drama & Theater Arts
• 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 OK, the home state for Northeastern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
High School Teachers	11,400	$42,540
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	810	$54,850
Music Directors and Composers	90	$38,530

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 CPacker under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.