Jazz Studies at University of Miami

What traits are you looking for in a jazz school? To help you decide if University of Miami is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's jazz program.

U Miami is located in Coral Gables, Florida and approximately 17,809 students attend the school each year.

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

U Miami Jazz Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Jazz
• Master’s Degree in Jazz

U Miami Jazz Studies Rankings

The jazz major at U Miami is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Jazz Studies. 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in jazz, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Jazz Student Demographics at U Miami

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

U Miami Jazz Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of jazz bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. The typical jazz bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at U Miami since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in jazz at U Miami are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its jazz bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

U Miami Jazz Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of jazz master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

Of the students who received a jazz master's degree from U Miami, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the jazz master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Music Pedagogy
• Musicology & Ethnomusicology
• Conducting
• General Music
• Keyboard Instruments

Careers That Jazz Grads May Go Into

A degree in jazz can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for University of Miami.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,520	$72,670

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 Harrier233 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.