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Music Performance at University of Kentucky

Music Performance at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986.

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.

UK Music Performance Degrees Available

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

UK Music Performance Rankings

The music performance major at UK 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.

Music Performance Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Music Performance Bachelor’s Program

45% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 55% of music performance bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women.

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About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music performance at UK are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music performance bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

UK Music Performance Master’s Program

50% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music performance master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 790 $76,750
Music Directors and Composers 40 $49,610

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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