Music Performance at University of Colorado Boulder

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

CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and approximately 37,437 students attend the school each year.

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

CU - Boulder Music Performance Degrees Available

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

CU - Boulder Music Performance Rankings

The music performance major at CU - Boulder is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music Performance. 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 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in music performance, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Performance Student Demographics at CU - Boulder

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music performance majors at University of Colorado Boulder.

CU - Boulder Music Performance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of music performance bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music performance at CU - Boulder 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 Colorado Boulder with a bachelor's in music performance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

CU - Boulder Music Performance Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of music performance master's degrees went to men and 53% went to women.

Of the students who received a music performance master's degree from CU - Boulder, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the music performance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	19
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Music History
• General Music

Careers That Music Performance Grads May Go Into

A degree in music performance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CO, the home state for University of Colorado Boulder.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,880	$60,820
Music Directors and Composers	100	$50,800

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 University of Colorado at Boulder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.