Music Performance at Temple University

Every music performance school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music performance program at Temple University stacks up to those at other schools.

Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 37,236.

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

Temple Music Performance Degrees Available

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

Temple Music Performance Rankings

The music performance major at Temple is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music Performance. 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 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in music performance, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Performance Student Demographics at Temple

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

Temple Music Performance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of music performance bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music performance at Temple 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 Temple University with a bachelor's in music performance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Temple Music Performance Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of music performance master's degrees went to men and 52% went to women.

In the music performance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	9
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Voice Performance
• Music Pedagogy
• Conducting
• Music Theory & Composition
• Keyboard Instruments

Careers That Music Performance Grads May Go Into

A degree in music performance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Temple University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	5,050	$80,740
Music Directors and Composers	400	$46,010

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 Audrey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.