Music at Buffalo State

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 Buffalo State stacks up to those at other schools.

Buffalo State is located in Buffalo, New York and approximately 8,339 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in music from Buffalo State.

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

Buffalo State Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Buffalo State Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music programs across the country. The following shows how Buffalo State performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at Buffalo State 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	338
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	592
Most Popular Music Schools	712

Music Student Demographics at Buffalo State

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

Buffalo State Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in music from Buffalo State in 2021, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Buffalo State since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Buffalo State 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 Buffalo State with a bachelor's in music.

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

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

Related Majors

• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Design & Applied 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 NY, the home state for Buffalo State.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Fortunate4now under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.