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Music at University of North Carolina at Asheville

Music at University of North Carolina at Asheville

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

UNCA is located in Asheville, North Carolina and approximately 3,363 students attend the school each year.

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

UNCA Music Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music

UNCA Music Rankings

The music major at UNCA 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 UNCA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at University of North Carolina at Asheville.

UNCA Music Bachelor’s Program

32% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 68% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 32% went to women.

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About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at UNCA are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 North Carolina at Asheville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music 10
Music Technology 8
Jazz Studies 2

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers 25,240 $47,580
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 2,860 $66,640
Sound Engineering Technicians 230 $51,060
Music Directors and Composers 90 $48,920

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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