Music at Stephen F Austin State University

If you plan to study music, take a look at what Stephen F Austin State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SFASU is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and has a total student population of 12,620.

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

SFASU Music Degrees Available

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

SFASU Music Rankings

The music major at SFASU 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 SFASU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at Stephen F Austin State University.

SFASU Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at SFASU since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Stephen F Austin State University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	31
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SFASU Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of music master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from SFASU, 80% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	24
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Stephen F Austin State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	89

Related Majors

• Dance
• Design & Applied Arts
• 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 TX, the home state for Stephen F Austin State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,240	$71,520
Music Directors and Composers	890	$61,210
Sound Engineering Technicians	650	$59,810

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.