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Music at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Music at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

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

Pitt is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 32,277 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.

Pitt Music Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Pitt Music Rankings

The music major at Pitt 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.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #52 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Student Demographics at Pitt

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

Pitt Music Bachelor’s Program

57% Women
71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Pitt since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% 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 Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus with a bachelor's in music.

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

Concentrations Within Music

If you plan to be a music major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music 31

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 PA, the home state for University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers 50,460 $64,830
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 5,050 $80,740
Music Directors and Composers 400 $46,010
Sound Engineering Technicians 190 $45,540

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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