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Doctoral · Visual and Performing Arts

Music (Doctoral): earnings by school

33 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$46,394
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$57,796
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$40,566
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 30 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $52,257 and $64,315. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$57,032$75,367—
The University of Texas at Austin TX$41,123$75,055—
University of California-San Diego CA—$68,693—
University of Maryland-College Park MD$49,498$68,660—
Northwestern University IL$56,974$66,572—
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI$42,085$65,495—
Michigan State University MI$54,970$64,672—
University of North Texas TX$46,394$64,315$41,032
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK$63,619——
University of California-Los Angeles CA$62,866——
Boston University MA—$60,156—
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE$31,238$60,133—
Florida State University FL$46,785$60,076$55,601
Stony Brook University NY$28,295$59,933—
University of Southern California CA—$59,885—
CUNY Graduate School and University Center NY—$59,802—
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$46,245$58,016$31,925
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH$54,478$57,576—
Texas Tech University TX—$57,408—
University of Georgia GA—$56,716$38,250
University of Colorado Boulder CO$48,207$56,459—
University of Missouri-Kansas City MO—$54,810—
Indiana University-Bloomington IN$43,154$53,477$40,100
University of Kansas KS—$52,762—
University of Rochester NY$45,704$52,257—
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH$49,878$49,909$44,399
University of Kentucky KY$57,000$49,845—
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$44,376$48,038$29,909
University of Iowa IA—$47,407—
University of Arizona AZ—$47,280—
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC$46,123$46,203—
University of Miami FL$41,379$45,553$67,117
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA$40,939——