Music Theory & Composition at Temple University

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

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 Theory & Composition section at the bottom of this page.

Temple Music Theory & Composition Degrees Available

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

Temple Music Theory & Composition Rankings

The music composition major at Temple is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music Theory & Composition. 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 Composition Student Demographics at Temple

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

Temple Music Theory & Composition Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of music composition bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical music composition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Temple since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music composition bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Temple Music Theory & Composition Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music composition master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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

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

Related Majors

• Voice Performance
• Music Pedagogy
• Conducting
• Keyboard Instruments
• Music Technology

Careers That Music Composition Grads May Go Into

A degree in music composition 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.