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Music Performance at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Music Performance at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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

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 Performance section at the bottom of this page.

UNM Music Performance Degrees Available

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

UNM Music Performance Rankings

The music performance major at UNM 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 UNM

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

UNM Music Performance Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
86% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of music performance bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 58% 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 New Mexico - Main Campus with a bachelor's in music performance.

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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 Performance Master’s Program

41% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 59% of music performance master's degrees went to men and 41% went to women.

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Of the students who received a music performance 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 performance.

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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

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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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