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Music Performance at University of Colorado Boulder

Music Performance at University of Colorado Boulder

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

CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and has a total student population of 37,437.

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.

CU - Boulder Music Performance Degrees Available

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

CU - Boulder Music Performance Rankings

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in music performance, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Performance Student Demographics at CU - Boulder

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

CU - Boulder Music Performance Master’s Program

53% Women
39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 47% of music performance master's degrees went to men and 53% went to women.

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Of the students who received a music performance master's degree from CU - Boulder, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the music performance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 19
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado Boulder.

Occupation Jobs in CO Average Salary in CO
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 1,880 $60,820
Music Directors and Composers 100 $50,800

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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