Music at St Mary’s College of Maryland

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

SMCM is located in St. Mary's City, Maryland and approximately 1,508 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 4 music majors received their bachelor's degree from SMCM.

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

SMCM Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

SMCM Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at SMCM 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 SMCM 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
Best Music Schools	26
	32
	35
Best Value Music Schools	136
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	318
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	658
Most Popular Music Schools	797

Music Student Demographics at SMCM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at St Mary’s College of Maryland.

SMCM Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music from SMCM in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at SMCM since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at SMCM 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 St Mary's College of Maryland with a bachelor's in music.

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

SMCM 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
• 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 MD, the home state for St Mary's College of Maryland.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
High School Teachers	19,330	$72,610
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,850	$74,160
Sound Engineering Technicians	280	$51,670
Music Directors and Composers	120	$58,570

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 Steve Pribut under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.