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Music at Vanderbilt University

Music at Vanderbilt University

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

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 13,537.

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

Vanderbilt Music Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Vanderbilt Music Rankings

The music major at Vanderbilt 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 Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Music Bachelor’s Program

45% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 55% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's in music.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 12
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 27
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

Concentrations Within Music

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Stringed Instruments 10
Woodwind Instruments 9
Brass Instruments 7
General Music 6
Voice Performance 4
Music Theory & Composition 3
Keyboard Instruments 3
Percussion Instruments 1
Other Music 1

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 TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
High School Teachers 20,190 $53,620
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 1,350 $56,040
Sound Engineering Technicians 360 $56,940

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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