Music is a major offered under the visual and performing arts program of study at Texas State University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in music, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, 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. The bachelor's program at Texas State was ranked #109 on College Factual's Best Schools for music list. It is also ranked #9 in Texas.
Here are some of the other rankings for Texas State.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Texas State paid an average of $706 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $297 per credit hour. 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 | $8,326 | $19,778 |
Fees | $2,529 | $2,529 |
Books and Supplies | $760 | $760 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,880 | $10,880 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,440 | $3,440 |
Learn more about Texas State tuition and fees.
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 Texas State took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 10% higher than the national average of $24,538.
The median early career salary of music students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Texas State is $41,725 per year. That is 66% higher than the national average of $25,137.
Online degrees for the Texas State 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 Texas State Online Learning page.
About 44.6% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in music in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 46.1%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 37.8% of the music bachelor’s degrees at Texas State in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 3 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 19 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 44 |
International Students | 2 |
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 | 57 |
Music Performance | 17 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Dance | 49 |
Design & Applied Arts | 126 |
Drama & Theater Arts | 143 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 23 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 99 |
*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.