Music at SUNY Plattsburgh

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

SUNY Plattsburgh is located in Plattsburgh, New York and has a total student population of 5,109. Of the 1,289 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Plattsburgh in 2021, 7 of them were music majors.

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 Plattsburgh Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

SUNY Plattsburgh Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music programs across the country. The following shows how SUNY Plattsburgh 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 SUNY Plattsburgh 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
	83
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	486
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	630

Music Student Demographics at SUNY Plattsburgh

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

SUNY Plattsburgh Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 music students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SUNY Plattsburgh, about 71% were men and 29% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Plattsburgh with a bachelor's in music.

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

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

Related Majors

• Arts & Media Management
• 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 NY, the home state for SUNY Plattsburgh.

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 Erik Graham under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.