Music at San Diego State University

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

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 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.

SDSU Music Degrees Available

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

SDSU Music Rankings

The music major at SDSU 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 SDSU

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

SDSU Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at SDSU since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 San Diego State University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	13
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SDSU Music Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a music master's degree from SDSU, 89% 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 San Diego State University with a master's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Music

The following music concentations are available at San Diego State University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at San Diego State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance	70
General Music	1

Related Majors

• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Dance
• Drama & Theater 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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.