Music Theory & Composition at The Juilliard School

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

Juilliard is located in New York, New York and approximately 961 students attend the school each year.

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.

Juilliard Music Theory & Composition Degrees Available

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

Juilliard Music Theory & Composition Rankings

The music composition major at Juilliard 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in music composition, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Composition Student Demographics at Juilliard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music composition majors at The Juilliard School.

Juilliard Music Theory & Composition Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of music composition bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% 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 Juilliard since its program graduates 31% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 The Juilliard School with a bachelor's in music composition.

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

Juilliard Music Theory & Composition Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of music composition master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

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

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

Related Majors

• Conducting
• Percussion Instruments
• Woodwind Instruments
• Other Music
• Brass Instruments

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 NY, the home state for The Juilliard School.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	11,530	$99,870
Music Directors and Composers	2,780	$66,120

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 Pmasck under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.