Music at Tulane University of Louisiana

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

Tulane is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and has a total student population of 13,927.

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

Tulane Music Degrees Available

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

Tulane Music Rankings

The music major at Tulane 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 Tulane

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

Tulane Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Tulane since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Tulane University of Louisiana with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Tulane Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of music master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from Tulane, 60% 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 Tulane University of Louisiana with a master's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
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 Tulane University of Louisiana. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	22
Other Music	2
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	1

Related Majors

• Design & Applied Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Dance
• 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 LA, the home state for Tulane University of Louisiana.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
High School Teachers	13,930	$51,810
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	490	$61,980
Sound Engineering Technicians	230	$88,610

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 bsulldiesel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.