Music at Texas Christian University

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 Texas Christian University stacks up to those at other schools.

TCU is located in Fort Worth, Texas and approximately 11,379 students attend the school each year.

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

TCU Music Degrees Available

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

TCU Music Rankings

The music major at TCU 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #86 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Student Demographics at TCU

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

TCU Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at TCU since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at TCU 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 Texas Christian University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

TCU Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of music master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from TCU, 61% 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 Texas Christian University with a master's in music.

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

Concentrations Within Music

If you plan to be a music major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Texas Christian University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance	22
General Music	9
Keyboard Instruments	8
Voice Performance	6
Stringed Instruments	5
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	2
Conducting	2

Related Majors

• Dance
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Design & Applied 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 Texas Christian 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 Amymay52 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.