Music at Ohio University - Athens Campus

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

OHIO Athens is located in Athens, Ohio and approximately 25,714 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,797 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ohio University - Athens Campus in 2021, 32 of them were music majors.

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

OHIO Athens Music Degrees Available

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

OHIO Athens Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at OHIO Athens compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at OHIO Athens 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	36
	116
Most Focused Music Master’s Degree Schools	135

In 2021, 31 students received their master’s degree in music from OHIO Athens. This makes it the #51 most popular school for music master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of OHIO Athens Music Graduates

The median salary of music students who receive their bachelor's degree at OHIO Athens is $34,078. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 36% higher than the national average of $24,982 for all music bachelor's degree recipients.

Music Student Demographics at OHIO Athens

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

OHIO Athens Music Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in music from OHIO Athens. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at OHIO Athens since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at OHIO Athens 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 Ohio University - Athens Campus with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

OHIO Athens Music Master’s Program

Of the 31 students who graduated with a master’s in music from OHIO Athens in 2021, 58% were men and 42% were women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from OHIO Athens, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	22
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Dance
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• General Visual & Performing Arts
• Arts & Media Management
• Design & Applied Arts

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 Ohio University - Athens Campus.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Robert Chriss under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.