Music at University of Delaware

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 Delaware stacks up to those at other schools.

UD is located in Newark, Delaware and has a total student population of 23,613. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in music from UD.

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

UD Music Degrees Available

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

UD Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at UD compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UD 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
Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools	38

In 2021, 26 students received their master’s degree in music from UD. This makes it the #59 most popular school for music master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UD Music Graduates

The median salary of music students who receive their bachelor's degree at UD is $23,051. This is less than $24,982, which is the national average of all music majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Music Student Demographics at UD

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

UD Music Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 music majors earned their bachelor's degree from UD. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at UD since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at UD 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 Delaware with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UD Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of music master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from UD, 77% 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 Delaware with a master's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Design & Applied Arts
• Fine & Studio 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 DE, the home state for University of Delaware.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
High School Teachers	2,650	$65,040

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 Ottawa80 at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.