Music at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 41 music majors received their bachelor's degree from UIUC.

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

UIUC Music Degrees Available

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

UIUC Music Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at UIUC 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
Most Popular Music Schools	29
	64
Most Focused Music Master’s Degree Schools	133
Best Value Music Schools	271

In 2021, 46 students received their master’s degree in music from UIUC. This makes it the #32 most popular school for music master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 36 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Music Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 music majors earned their bachelor's degree from UIUC. Of these graduates, 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at UIUC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	24
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UIUC Music Master’s Program

Of the 46 students who graduated with a master’s in music from UIUC in 2021, 57% were men and 43% were women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from UIUC, 52% 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 30% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	24
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UIUC also has a doctoral program available in music. In 2021, 36 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Dance
• 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,940	$68,360
Music Directors and Composers	370	$40,220
Sound Engineering Technicians	220	$60,500

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.