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Music at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and approximately 50,411 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received their master's degree in music.

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Music Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Music
  • Doctorate Degree in Music

Rutgers New Brunswick Music Rankings

There were 21 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Student Demographics at Rutgers New Brunswick

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

Rutgers New Brunswick Music Master’s Program

33% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 24 students who earned a master's degree in Music from Rutgers New Brunswick in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

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Of the students who received a music master's degree from Rutgers New Brunswick, 58% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the music master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rutgers University - New Brunswick with a master's in music.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 14
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 NJ, the home state for Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
High School Teachers 29,140 $76,390
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 2,070 $90,750
Sound Engineering Technicians 430 $55,570
Music Directors and Composers 410 $73,320

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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