Music at Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus

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

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

Penn State University Park Music Degrees Available

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

Penn State University Park Music Rankings

The music major at Penn State University Park 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 Penn State University Park

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus.

Penn State University Park Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Penn State University Park since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Penn State University Park are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Penn State University Park Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of music master's degrees went to men and 48% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Music

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

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 PA, the home state for Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	5,050	$80,740
Music Directors and Composers	400	$46,010
Sound Engineering Technicians	190	$45,540

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 George Chriss under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.