Music Theory & Composition at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

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

UC is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and has a total student population of 40,826.

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

UC Music Theory & Composition Degrees Available

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

UC Music Theory & Composition Rankings

The music composition major at UC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music Theory & Composition. 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 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in music composition, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Composition Student Demographics at UC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music composition majors at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus.

UC Music Theory & Composition Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of music composition bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical music composition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at UC since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music composition at UC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Cincinnati - Main Campus with a bachelor's in music composition.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UC Music Theory & Composition Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music composition 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 Cincinnati - Main Campus with a master's in music composition.

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

Related Majors

• Musicology & Ethnomusicology
• Music History
• Voice Performance
• Keyboard Instruments
• Conducting

Careers That Music Composition Grads May Go Into

A degree in music composition can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for OH, the home state for University of Cincinnati - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	4,110	$84,160
Music Directors and Composers	340	$44,920

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 Bike756 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.