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Music at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

If you are interested in studying music, you may want to check out the program at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 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.

UIUC Music Degrees Available

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

UIUC Music Rankings

There were 36 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Music Master’s Program

43% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 46 music students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UIUC, about 57% were men and 43% were women.

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Of the students who received a music master's degree from UIUC, 52% 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 30% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in music.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 24
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers 43,720 $72,370
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 3,940 $68,360
Music Directors and Composers 370 $40,220
Sound Engineering Technicians 220 $60,500

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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