Music at Northern Kentucky University

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

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and approximately 16,211 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in music from NKU.

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

NKU Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

NKU Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at NKU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at NKU 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
	272
Best Music Schools	328

Music Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Music Bachelor’s Program

The music program at NKU awarded 16 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at NKU since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at NKU 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 Northern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in music.

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

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

Related Majors

• Design & Applied Arts
• Fine & Studio 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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers	12,250	$56,200
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	790	$76,750
Sound Engineering Technicians	60	$53,490
Music Directors and Composers	40	$49,610

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 Samvscat under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.