Music at Nyack College

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 Nyack College stacks up to those at other schools.

Nyack is located in Nyack, New York and approximately 2,063 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in music from Nyack.

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

Nyack Music Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Music
• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Nyack Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at Nyack 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 Nyack 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 Focused Music Associate Degree Schools	31
Most Focused Music Schools	77
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	326
Most Popular Music Schools	342
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	500
Best Music Schools	535

Earnings of Nyack Music Graduates

The median salary of music students who receive their bachelor's degree at Nyack is $19,294. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $24,982 for all music students.

Music Student Demographics at Nyack

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

Nyack Music Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in music only graduates about 46% women each year. The program at Nyack may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

Nyack does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in music graduates 46% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Nyack Music Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students earned a bachelor's degree in music from Nyack. About 77% of these graduates were women and the other 23% were men. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Nyack since its program graduates 31% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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 Nyack College with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 NY, the home state for Nyack College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	11,530	$99,870
Music Directors and Composers	2,780	$66,120
Sound Engineering Technicians	1,770	$82,030

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.