Music at Skidmore College

Every music school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music program at Skidmore College stacks up to those at other schools.

Skidmore is located in Saratoga Springs, New York and has a total student population of 2,582. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in music from Skidmore.

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

Skidmore Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Skidmore Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at Skidmore compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at Skidmore 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
	30
Best Music Schools	30
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Most Focused Music Schools	222
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	365
Most Popular Music Schools	449

Music Student Demographics at Skidmore

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

Skidmore Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Skidmore since its program graduates 27% more women than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Skidmore 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 Skidmore College with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 NY, the home state for Skidmore College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	11,530	$99,870
Music Directors and Composers	2,780	$66,120
Sound Engineering Technicians	1,770	$82,030

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 Peter under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.