Music at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying music, you may want to check out the program at University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and has a total student population of 22,311.

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

UNM Music Degrees Available

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

UNM Music Rankings

The music major at UNM 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.

Music Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at UNM since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 55% 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 New Mexico - Main Campus with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNM Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of music master's degrees went to men and 41% went to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from UNM, 59% 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 New Mexico - Main Campus with a master's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	19
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Music

Music majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of New Mexico - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance	41

Related Majors

• Dance
• Drama & Theater Arts
• General Visual & Performing Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic 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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
High School Teachers	7,010	$55,380
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	100	$55,430
Music Directors and Composers	40	$48,440

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 PerryPlanet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.