Music at Old Dominion University

What traits are you looking for in a music school? To help you decide if Old Dominion University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's music program.

Old Dominion is located in Norfolk, Virginia and approximately 24,286 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,024 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Old Dominion University in 2021, 26 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.

Old Dominion Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Old Dominion Music Rankings

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

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 Old Dominion 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 Popular Music Graduate Certificate Schools	77
Most Focused Music Graduate Certificate Schools	77
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	603
Most Focused Music Schools	745

Earnings of Old Dominion Music Graduates

The median salary of music students who receive their bachelor's degree at Old Dominion is $23,575. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $24,982 for all music students.

Music Student Demographics at Old Dominion

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

Old Dominion Music Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in music from Old Dominion. About 65% were men and 35% were women.

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 Old Dominion University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Arts & Media Management
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Fine & Studio 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 VA, the home state for Old Dominion University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Sound Engineering Technicians	270	$53,780

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 D’Ana Knowles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.