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Music at SUNY New Paltz

If you plan to study music, take a look at what SUNY New Paltz has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SUNY New Paltz is located in New Paltz, New York and approximately 7,489 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 15 music majors received their bachelor's degree from SUNY New Paltz.

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

SUNY New Paltz Music Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music

SUNY New Paltz Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at SUNY New Paltz 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 SUNY New Paltz 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 Value Music Schools 185
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools 353
Best Music Schools 360
Most Popular Music Schools 365

Music Student Demographics at SUNY New Paltz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at SUNY New Paltz.

SUNY New Paltz Music Bachelor’s Program

40% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The music program at SUNY New Paltz awarded 15 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 60% of these degrees went to men with the other 40% going to women.

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About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at SUNY New Paltz are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from SUNY New Paltz with a bachelor's in music.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

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 SUNY New Paltz.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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