Music at Northwestern University

If you are interested in studying music, you may want to check out the program at Northwestern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603.

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

Northwestern Music Degrees Available

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

Northwestern Music Rankings

The music major at Northwestern 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 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #27 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Northwestern since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Northwestern University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	36
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Northwestern Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of music master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	36
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Concentrations Within Music

Music majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northwestern University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance	57
General Music	27
Stringed Instruments	27
Voice Performance	19
Keyboard Instruments	10
Conducting	7
Music Theory & Composition	6
Jazz Studies	2
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	1

Related Majors

• Dance
• Design & Applied Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Arts & Media Management

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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,940	$68,360
Music Directors and Composers	370	$40,220
Sound Engineering Technicians	220	$60,500

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.