Music at University of Puget Sound

Every music school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music program at University of Puget Sound stacks up to those at other schools.

Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,130 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in music from Puget Sound.

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

Puget Sound Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Puget Sound Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at Puget Sound compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at Puget Sound 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94
	145
	157
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	231
Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	403
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	417

Earnings of Puget Sound Music Graduates

The median salary of music students who receive their bachelor's degree at Puget Sound is $29,692. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 19% higher than the national average of $24,982 for all music bachelor's degree recipients.

Music Student Demographics at Puget Sound

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

Puget Sound Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music from Puget Sound in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Puget Sound since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Puget Sound 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 Puget Sound with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Puget Sound also has a doctoral program available in music. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Drama & Theater 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 WA, the home state for University of Puget Sound.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,930	$67,430
Sound Engineering Technicians	160	$77,020
Music Directors and Composers	140	$71,980

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.