General Music

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Median In-State​
Public Tuition
$7,294
growing 2.67%
Median Out-of-State​
Private Tuition
$37,194
growing 3.32%

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N/A N/A The most common degree awarded to students studying General Music is a bachelors degree.

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Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Music and the types of students that study this field. University of North Texas awards the most degrees in General Music in the US.

Tuition costs for General Music majors are, on average, $7,294 for in-state public colleges, and $37,194 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Music programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (553 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (7,522 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in General Music (2023)
  1. University of North Texas
    144 degrees awarded
  2. The University of Texas at Austin
    117 degrees awarded
  3. Texas Tech University
    111 degrees awarded

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General Music, is Public, 4-year or above (7,522 completions in 2023).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General Music programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$7,294
Median In-State Public
$37,194
Median Out of State Private

University of North Texas has the most General Music degree recipients, with 144 degrees awarded in 2023.

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in General Music.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in General Music
  1. Los Angeles County, CA
    503 degrees awarded
  2. Denton County, TX
    191 degrees awarded
  3. Cook County, IL
    167 degrees awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in General Music by year.

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Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Visual & Performing Arts in the United States.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Visual & Performing Arts degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Visual & Performing Arts (6,238 students).

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General Music are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.

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Workforce Degrees

The most common degree types held by the working population in Visual & Performing Arts are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.

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Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Male (52.5%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in General Music.

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity
  1. White
    6,238 degrees awarded
  2. Hispanic or Latino
    1,806 degrees awarded
  3. Black or African American
    808 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General Music for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination
  1. N/A
    N/A degrees awarded
  2. N/A
    N/A degrees awarded
  3. N/A
    N/A degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of N/A recipients in General Music.

N/A students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

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Global Diversity

Most Common Countries of Origin
  1. Korea
    27,780 degree recipients
  2. Mexico
    21,738 degree recipients
  3. China
    18,177 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
  1. Korea
    4.64 times more than expected
  2. Northern Ireland
    4.18 times more than expected
  3. Iceland
    3.71 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Korea that hold Visual & Performing Arts degrees (4.64 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Korea (27,780 degree recipients).

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Music field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Music majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Music majors need more than the average amount of N/A.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General Music majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of N/A is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Active Listening, and Social Perceptiveness are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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