Music at University of California - Irvine

Every music school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music program at University of California - Irvine stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and approximately 36,303 students attend the school each year.

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

UC Irvine Music Degrees Available

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

UC Irvine Music Rankings

The music major at UC Irvine 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.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #82 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Student Demographics at UC Irvine

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

UC Irvine Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 32% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% 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 California - Irvine with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UC Irvine Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Music

Music majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Irvine. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	22
Music Performance	17
Other Music	3

Related Majors

• Other Visual Art
• Dance
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Irvine.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Music Directors and Composers	1,230	$64,600

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 TFNorman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.