Music Theory & Composition at Rider University

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

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and approximately 4,636 students attend the school each year.

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

Rider Music Theory & Composition Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Composition

Rider Music Theory & Composition Rankings

The music composition major at Rider is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music Theory & Composition. 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 Composition Student Demographics at Rider

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

Rider Music Theory & Composition Bachelor’s Program

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Music History
• Conducting
• Keyboard Instruments
• General Music
• Music Pedagogy

Careers That Music Composition Grads May Go Into

A degree in music composition can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NJ, the home state for Rider University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,070	$90,750
Music Directors and Composers	410	$73,320

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 Magneticcarpet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.