Music at Salem College

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

Salem is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has a total student population of 636.

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

Salem Music Degrees Available

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

Salem Music Rankings

The music major at Salem 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 Salem

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

Salem Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Salem since its program graduates 54% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Salem 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 Salem College with a bachelor's in music.

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

Salem Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of music master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Music

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance	10

Related Majors

• Dance
• 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 NC, the home state for Salem College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,860	$66,640
Sound Engineering Technicians	230	$51,060
Music Directors and Composers	90	$48,920

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 Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.