Music at University of California - Los Angeles

If you are interested in studying music, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Los Angeles. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589.

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

UCLA Music Degrees Available

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

UCLA Music Rankings

The music major at UCLA 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 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #32 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 39% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	29
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UCLA Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of music master's degrees went to men and 37% went to women.

In the music master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	20
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 University of California - Los Angeles. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	55
Music Performance	27
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	26
Jazz Studies	4
Music Theory & Composition	2

Related Majors

• Arts & Media Management
• Dance
• Design & Applied 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 - Los Angeles.

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.