Music is a major offered under the visual and performing arts program of study at Southern Methodist University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in music, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. SMU was ranked #84 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for music majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #6 in Texas.
Here are some of the other rankings for SMU.
Part-time undergraduates at SMU paid an average of $2,171 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $51,958 | $51,958 |
Fees | $6,582 | $6,582 |
Books and Supplies | $800 | $800 |
On Campus Room and Board | $17,110 | $17,110 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,600 | $2,600 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Music students who received their bachelor’s degree at SMU took out an average of $20,500 in student loans. That is 16% lower than the national average of $24,538.
The median early career salary of music students who receive their bachelor’s degree from SMU is $25,967 per year. That is 3% higher than the national average of $25,137.
Online degrees for the SMU music bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SMU Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in music in 2019-2020, 48.6% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 46.1%.
Around 40.5% of music bachelor’s degree recipients at SMU in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 4 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 9 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 22 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Music students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Music | 18 |
Music Performance | 11 |
Music Theory & Composition | 1 |
Keyboard Instruments | 2 |
Voice Performance | 5 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Dance | 12 |
Design & Applied Arts | 7 |
Drama & Theater Arts | 17 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 17 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 25 |
*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.