Music at University of Southern Maine

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

University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and approximately 8,022 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.

University of Southern Maine Music Degrees Available

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

University of Southern Maine Music Rankings

The music major at University of Southern Maine 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 University of Southern Maine

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

University of Southern Maine Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at University of Southern Maine since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at University of Southern Maine 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 Southern Maine with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

University of Southern Maine Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of music master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from University of Southern Maine, 100% 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 Southern Maine with a master's in music.

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

Concentrations Within Music

The following music concentations are available at University of Southern Maine. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Southern Maine. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance	15
Other Music	2
Music Theory & Composition	1
Conducting	1
Jazz Studies	1
Music Pedagogy	1

Related Majors

• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• 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 ME, the home state for University of Southern Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
High School Teachers	5,790	$54,240
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	300	$70,930

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.