Music at Shenandoah University

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

Shenandoah is located in Winchester, Virginia and approximately 4,174 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.

Shenandoah Music Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Music (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Music
• Master’s Degree in Music

Shenandoah Music Rankings

The music major at Shenandoah 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.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #44 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Student Demographics at Shenandoah

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

Shenandoah Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Shenandoah since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Shenandoah University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Shenandoah Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of music master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from Shenandoah, 88% 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 Shenandoah University with a master's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Shenandoah University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance	37
Music Pedagogy	12
Music Technology	6
Jazz Studies	5
Conducting	3
Music Theory & Composition	2
Keyboard Instruments	2

Related Majors

• Arts & Media Management
• Dance
• 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 VA, the home state for Shenandoah University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Sound Engineering Technicians	270	$53,780

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 Shenandoah Office of Marketing and Communications under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.