Music at Oklahoma Baptist University

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 Oklahoma Baptist University stacks up to those at other schools.

OBU is located in Shawnee, Oklahoma and has a total student population of 1,763. Of the 343 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma Baptist University in 2021, 4 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.

OBU Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

OBU Music Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at OBU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	295
Most Focused Music Schools	383

Music Student Demographics at OBU

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

OBU Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in music from OBU in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at OBU since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Oklahoma Baptist University with a bachelor's in music.

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

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

Related Majors

• General Visual & Performing Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts
• 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 OK, the home state for Oklahoma Baptist University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
High School Teachers	11,400	$42,540
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	810	$54,850
Music Directors and Composers	90	$38,530

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 Gigrantula under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.