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Music Theory & Composition at Yale University

Music Theory & Composition at Yale University

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

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 12,060 students attend the school each year.

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

Yale Music Theory & Composition Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Music Composition

Yale Music Theory & Composition Rankings

Music Composition Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Music Theory & Composition Master’s Program

29% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 71% of music composition master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

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Of the students who received a music composition master's degree from Yale, 57% 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 Yale University with a master's in music composition.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 4
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Music Composition Grads May Go Into

A degree in music composition can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CT, the home state for Yale University.

Occupation Jobs in CT Average Salary in CT
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 1,090 $93,250
Music Directors and Composers 130 $77,550

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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