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Music at The University of the Arts

Music at The University of the Arts

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

UArts is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,530.

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

UArts Music Degrees Available

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

UArts Music Rankings

The music major at UArts 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.

Music Student Demographics at UArts

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

UArts Music Bachelor’s Program

34% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 66% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 the Arts with a bachelor's in music.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 16
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

UArts Music Master’s Program

25% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 75% of music master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

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

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

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 The University of the Arts. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance 23
Music Theory & Composition 1
Jazz Studies 1

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 PA, the home state for The University of the Arts.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers 50,460 $64,830
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 5,050 $80,740
Music Directors and Composers 400 $46,010
Sound Engineering Technicians 190 $45,540

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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