Music at Stanford University

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

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and approximately 15,953 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.

Stanford Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music
• Master’s Degree in Music

Stanford Music Rankings

The music major at Stanford 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 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #67 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Stanford since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Stanford 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 Stanford University with a bachelor's in music.

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

Stanford Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of music master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women.

In the music master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Stanford University with a master's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Music

Music majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Stanford University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	18

Related Majors

• Drama & Theater Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic 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 CA, the home state for Stanford University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Music Directors and Composers	1,230	$64,600

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 Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.