Music at University of Arkansas at Monticello

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

UAM is located in Monticello, Arkansas and approximately 2,645 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in music from UAM.

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

UAM Music Degrees Available

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

UAM Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music programs across the country. The following shows how UAM performed in these rankings.

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 UAM 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
Most Focused Music Master’s Degree Schools	33
Most Popular Music Master’s Degree Schools	98

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in music from UAM. This makes it the #99 most popular school for music master’s degree candidates in the country.

Music Student Demographics at UAM

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

UAM Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 music students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UAM, about 60% were men and 40% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at UAM are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 University of Arkansas at Monticello with a bachelor's in music.

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

UAM Music Master’s Program

The music program at UAM awarded 17 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 88% of these degrees went to men with the other 12% going to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from UAM, 76% 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 University of Arkansas at Monticello with a master's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UAM also has a doctoral program available in music. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas at Monticello.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
High School Teachers	11,480	$51,780
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	550	$57,450

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.