Music at Roosevelt University

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

Roosevelt is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 4,680.

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

Roosevelt Music Degrees Available

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

Roosevelt Music Rankings

The music major at Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt

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

Roosevelt Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Roosevelt since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Roosevelt University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	10
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Roosevelt Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of music master's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from Roosevelt, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	25
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Music

If you plan to be a music major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Roosevelt University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Voice Performance	31
Stringed Instruments	20
Woodwind Instruments	14
Percussion Instruments	10
Keyboard Instruments	8
General Music	5
Jazz Studies	4
Music Theory & Composition	4
Music Performance	1

Related Majors

• Design & Applied Arts
• Arts & Media Management
• Drama & Theater 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 IL, the home state for Roosevelt University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,940	$68,360
Music Directors and Composers	370	$40,220
Sound Engineering Technicians	220	$60,500

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 Teemu008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.