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2026 Highest Paid Music Grads in South Carolina

[Music](/majors/visual-and-performing-arts/music/) is a field where your choice of school can shape what you earn after graduation. The highest-paying schools turn a music degree into the strongest early-career earnings.

For its 2026 highest-paid-graduates ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools to find where music graduates earn the most.

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• Highest Paid Music Grads in South Carolina

2026 Highest Paid Music Grads in South Carolina

If you want to know which schools send music graduates into the highest-paying careers, see the list below.

Highest Paid Music Graduates

1

University Of South Carolina Columbia
Columbia, SC

$48,505 Average Early-Career Salary

University Of South Carolina Columbia tops our 2026 list of the highest-paying music schools in South Carolina. Located in the city of Columbia, University Of South Carolina Columbia is a public institution. Early-career music graduates from University Of South Carolina Columbia make a median of around $48,505 per year.

2

Coastal Carolina University
Conway, SC

$41,810 Average Early-Career Salary

Coastal Carolina University came in at #2 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying music schools. Set in the city of Conway, Coastal Carolina University is a public institution. After graduating, music degree recipients from Coastal Carolina University typically earn about $41,810 annually.

3

Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC

$31,606 Average Early-Career Salary

Strong graduate earnings at Winthrop University earned it the #3 place for music. Located in the city of Rock Hill, Winthrop University is a public institution. Music graduates of Winthrop University earn a median of about $31,606 a year early in their careers.

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Notes and References

This ranking is produced by College Factual, 2026 edition. Schools are ranked on the median early-career earnings of their music graduates, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).

Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.

*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Graduate earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard) field-of-study earnings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.