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Music Performance at University of Missouri - Kansas City

Music Performance at University of Missouri - Kansas City

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

UMKC is located in Kansas City, Missouri and approximately 16,147 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.

UMKC Music Performance Degrees Available

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

UMKC Music Performance Rankings

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in music performance, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Performance Student Demographics at UMKC

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

UMKC Music Performance Master’s Program

58% Women
6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 42% of music performance master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

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Of the students who received a music performance master's degree from UMKC, 65% 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 University of Missouri - Kansas City with a master's in music performance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 20
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 MO, the home state for University of Missouri - Kansas City.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 1,430 $80,570
Music Directors and Composers 90 $60,590

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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