Music at Radford University

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

Radford is located in Radford, Virginia and has a total student population of 10,695.

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

Radford Music Degrees Available

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

Radford Music Rankings

The music major at Radford 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 Radford

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

Radford Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 37% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Radford since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Radford 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 Radford University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Radford Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of music master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

In the music master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Music

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	29

Related Majors

• Dance
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Design & Applied 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 Radford 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 Matt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.