Music at Rice 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 Rice University stacks up to those at other schools.

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,643.

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

Rice Music Degrees Available

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

Rice Music Rankings

The music major at Rice 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.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #45 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Rice University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Rice Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of music master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	24
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Music

Music majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rice University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Stringed Instruments	42
Voice Performance	12
Keyboard Instruments	11
Brass Instruments	8
Woodwind Instruments	7
Percussion Instruments	3
Music Theory & Composition	2
General Music	1
Music History	1

Related Majors

• Fine & Studio Arts
• General Visual & Performing 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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,240	$71,520
Music Directors and Composers	890	$61,210
Sound Engineering Technicians	650	$59,810

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 Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.