Music at The University of Texas at Arlington

If you plan to study music, take a look at what The University of Texas at Arlington has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Arlington is located in Arlington, Texas and has a total student population of 48,072. Of the 8,852 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at Arlington in 2021, 50 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.

UT Arlington Music Degrees Available

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

UT Arlington Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at UT Arlington compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UT Arlington 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
	16
	32

In 2021, 16 students received their master’s degree in music from UT Arlington. This makes it the #107 most popular school for music master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Music Graduates from UT Arlington Make?

The median salary of music students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Arlington is $41,236. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 65% higher than the national average of $24,982 for all music bachelor's degree recipients.

Music Student Demographics at UT Arlington

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

UT Arlington Music Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 50 music majors earned their bachelor's degree from UT Arlington. Of these graduates, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Arlington since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 The University of Texas at Arlington with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UT Arlington Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of music master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women.

In the music master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Arlington 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
• Design & Applied Arts
• 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Arlington.

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 Kllwiki under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.