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Music at Oberlin College

Music at Oberlin College

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

Oberlin is located in Oberlin, Ohio and approximately 2,658 students attend the school each year.

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

Oberlin Music Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Oberlin Music Rankings

The music major at Oberlin 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 Oberlin

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

Oberlin Music Bachelor’s Program

44% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 56% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women.

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About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Oberlin 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 Oberlin College with a bachelor's in music.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 83
International Students 19
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

Concentrations Within Music

The following music concentations are available at Oberlin College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Oberlin College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance 67
Music Technology 17
Jazz Studies 11
Other Music 10
Music Theory & Composition 2

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 OH, the home state for Oberlin College.

Occupation Jobs in OH Average Salary in OH
High School Teachers 52,240 $61,930
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 4,110 $84,160
Music Directors and Composers 340 $44,920
Sound Engineering Technicians 180 $48,060

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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