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Music Performance at Northwestern University

Music Performance at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 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.

Northwestern Music Performance Degrees Available

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

Northwestern Music Performance Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in music performance, making the school the #22 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Performance Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Music Performance Master’s Program

35% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 65% of music performance master's degrees went to men and 35% went to women.

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Of the students who received a music performance master's degree from Northwestern, 69% 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 Northwestern University with a master's in music performance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 18
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 3,940 $68,360
Music Directors and Composers 370 $40,220

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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