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Music Performance at Michigan State University

Music Performance at Michigan State University

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

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and approximately 49,695 students attend the school each year.

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

Michigan State Music Performance Degrees Available

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

Michigan State Music Performance Rankings

There were 47 students who received their doctoral degrees in music performance, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Performance Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State Music Performance Master’s Program

36% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 64% of music performance master's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Michigan State University with a master's in music performance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 10
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Music Performance Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 2,710 $76,250
Music Directors and Composers 440 $51,180

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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