Music at Vanguard University of Southern California

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 Vanguard University of Southern California stacks up to those at other schools.

Vanguard is located in Costa Mesa, California and approximately 2,289 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 music majors received their bachelor's degree from Vanguard.

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

Vanguard Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Vanguard Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at Vanguard 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 Vanguard 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
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	217

Music Student Demographics at Vanguard

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

Vanguard Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music from Vanguard in 2020-2021, 13% were men and 88% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Vanguard since its program graduates 42% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 Vanguard University of Southern California with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Vanguard 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

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 CA, the home state for Vanguard University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Music Directors and Composers	1,230	$64,600

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.