Music at Southern Virginia University

10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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 Southern Virginia University stacks up to those at other schools.

SVU is located in Buena Vista, Virginia and has a total student population of 1,140.

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

SVU Music Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Music

SVU Music Rankings

The music major at SVU 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 SVU

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

SVU Music Bachelor’s Program

80% Women

10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at SVU since its program graduates 34% more women than average.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at SVU 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 Southern Virginia University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Southern Virginia University. A concentration may not be available for your 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 VA, the home state for Southern Virginia 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 Jeffrey Beall under License

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