Sacred Music at Nyack College

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

Nyack is located in Nyack, New York and has a total student population of 2,063. Of the 215 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Nyack College in 2021, 4 of them were sacred music majors.

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

Nyack Sacred Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sacred Music

Nyack Sacred Music Rankings

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

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 sacred music major at Nyack is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sacred 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 Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20
Most Popular Sacred Music Schools	29
Most Focused Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
	32
Best Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
Best Value Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
	39
Best Sacred Music Schools	41
Best Value Sacred Music Schools	42
Most Focused Sacred Music Schools	42

Sacred Music Student Demographics at Nyack

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sacred music majors at Nyack College.

Nyack Sacred Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in sacred music from Nyack in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 76% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sacred music bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Nyack College with a bachelor's in sacred music.

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

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

Related Majors

• Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries
• Biblical Studies
• Theological & Ministerial Studies

Careers That Sacred Music Grads May Go Into

A degree in sacred 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 NY, the home state for Nyack College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Philosophy and Religion Professors	3,530	$80,480
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 MR1882 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.