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Music Performance at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Music Performance at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

If you are interested in studying music performance, you may want to check out the program at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and approximately 50,411 students attend the school each year.

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Music Performance Degrees Available

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Music Performance Rankings

The music performance major at Rutgers New Brunswick is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music Performance. 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 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in music performance, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Performance Student Demographics at Rutgers New Brunswick

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music performance majors at Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

Rutgers New Brunswick Music Performance Bachelor’s Program

30% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 70% of music performance bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

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About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music performance at Rutgers New Brunswick 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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick with a bachelor's in music performance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 41
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Rutgers New Brunswick Music Performance Master’s Program

25% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 75% of music performance master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

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Of the students who received a music performance master's degree from Rutgers New Brunswick, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 14
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Music Performance Grads May Go Into

A degree in music performance 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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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