Music at Shorter University

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

Shorter is located in Rome, Georgia and approximately 1,410 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 6 music majors received their bachelor's degree from Shorter.

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

Shorter Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Shorter Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music programs across the country. The following shows how Shorter performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at Shorter 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
Most Focused Music Schools	188
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	543

Music Student Demographics at Shorter

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

Shorter Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Shorter since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Shorter 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 Shorter University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Shorter also has a doctoral program available in music. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• 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 GA, the home state for Shorter University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,390	$66,740
Sound Engineering Technicians	530	$62,640
Music Directors and Composers	200	$73,470

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 Thomson200 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.