Music at University of Georgia

If you plan to study music, take a look at what University of Georgia has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and approximately 39,147 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.

UGA Music Degrees Available

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

UGA Music Rankings

The music major at UGA 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 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #35 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at UGA since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at UGA 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 Georgia with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	27
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UGA 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.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from UGA, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the music master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Music

The following music concentations are available at University of Georgia. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Georgia. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	48
Music Performance	20
Music Theory & Composition	3

Related Majors

• Dance
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Drama & Theater 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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,390	$66,740
Sound Engineering Technicians	530	$62,640
Music Directors and Composers	200	$73,470

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.