Music at Northern State University

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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 Northern State University stacks up to those at other schools.

NSU is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota and has a total student population of 3,431.

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

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.

Music Student Demographics at NSU

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

NSU Music Bachelor’s Program

60% Women

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to 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 14% more women than average.

About 60% 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. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Northern State University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
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 Northern State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	5

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 SD, the home state for Northern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
High School Teachers	3,520	$42,960
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	190	$64,020

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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