Music at San Diego Mesa College

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

San Diego Mesa College is located in San Diego, California and approximately 20,693 students attend the school each year.

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

San Diego Mesa College Music Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Music (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Music

San Diego Mesa College Music Rankings

Music Student Demographics at San Diego Mesa College

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

San Diego Mesa College Music Associate’s Program

33% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of music associate's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

San Diego Mesa College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in music graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from San Diego Mesa College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	9

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 CA, the home state for San Diego Mesa College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Music Directors and Composers	1,230	$64,600

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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