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Rank School Program New Grad Median Pay Early Career Pay Sample Size
1 University of Houston Music $49,557 $52,788 59
2 The University of Texas at El Paso Music $48,653 N/A 30
3 Texas A & M University-Kingsville Music $48,541 N/A 20
4 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Music $47,631 $52,815 66
5 The University of Texas at Austin Music $46,478 $37,444 57
6 Texas Southern University Music $44,510 N/A 18
7 Texas A & M University-Commerce Music $43,755 $45,148 35
8 Texas Tech University Music $43,170 $40,878 55
9 West Texas A & M University Music $42,424 $43,827 26
10 Sam Houston State University Music $41,865 $38,944 88
11 The University of Texas at Arlington Music $41,236 $42,771 48
12 Texas State University Music $40,576 $42,724 95
13 Stephen F Austin State University Music $39,195 $45,138 78
14 North Dakota State University-Main Campus Music $39,104 $43,073 31
15 Northwestern University Music $38,199 $31,235 51
16 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Music $37,851 $41,684 24
17 Luther College Music $37,723 $37,681 45
18 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Music $37,538 $36,386 18
19 West Chester University of Pennsylvania Music $36,810 $40,013 42
20 Indiana State University Music $36,486 $35,994 20
21 University of Arkansas Music $36,386 $30,075 30
22 University of Rhode Island Music $36,068 $49,457 20
23 Western Illinois University Music $35,994 $37,371 38
24 University of Nevada-Las Vegas Music $35,326 N/A 32
25 University of Central Arkansas Music $35,220 N/A 19
26 Michigan State University Music $35,201 $34,428 49
27 Academy of Art University Music $35,022 $29,124 19
28 Jacksonville State University Music $34,611 $40,026 24
29 University of Nebraska at Kearney Music $34,454 $38,072 18
30 Northern Illinois University Music $34,406 $19,675 19
31 Eastern Illinois University Music $34,254 $38,928 26
32 Ohio University-Zanesville Campus Music $34,078 $37,931 39
33 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Music $33,945 $39,743 41
34 University of Silicon Valley Music $33,643 N/A 27
35 University of North Texas Music $33,408 $39,945 143
36 University of Alabama at Birmingham Music $33,272 N/A 17
37 The University of Texas at San Antonio Music $32,974 $47,466 48
38 Tennessee Technological University Music $32,935 $33,491 34
39 University of South Carolina-Columbia Music $32,878 $37,657 45
40 Grand Valley State University Music $32,676 $34,951 49
41 North Central University Religious/Sacred Music $32,647 N/A 19
42 James Madison University Music $32,499 $39,435 59
43 University of Iowa Music $32,047 N/A 26
44 Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Music $32,028 $28,071 57
45 Montclair State University Music $31,985 $32,283 70
46 The University of Tennessee-Martin Music $31,941 $36,680 24
47 Rhode Island College Music $31,765 N/A 17
48 Central Washington University Music $31,645 $27,190 28
49 North Central College Music $31,555 N/A 16
50 Millersville University of Pennsylvania Music $31,413 N/A 45
51 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Music $30,901 $40,448 20
52 University of Indianapolis Music $30,872 N/A 16
53 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Music $30,848 $29,177 28
54 Washington State University Music $30,809 N/A 19
55 University of Missouri-Columbia Music $30,766 N/A 29
56 Seattle Pacific University Music $30,696 N/A 19
57 Pacific Lutheran University Music $29,749 $25,612 19
58 Syracuse University Music $29,737 N/A 21
59 University of Puget Sound Music $29,692 N/A 19
60 Murray State University Music $29,528 $25,691 30
61 Middle Tennessee State University Music $29,416 $34,330 52
62 Northeastern University Music $29,347 $41,183 41
63 The Catholic University of America Music $29,342 $28,648 36
64 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Music $29,121 $37,221 46
65 Tarleton State University Music $29,088 N/A 24
66 Radford University Music $28,956 N/A 22
67 Wheaton College Music $28,924 $30,396 29
68 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Music $28,867 $29,507 26
69 Biola University Music $28,811 $43,156 26
70 Lee University Music $28,791 N/A 16
71 Northern Arizona University Music $28,782 N/A 19
72 Colorado State University-Fort Collins Music $28,727 N/A 34
73 Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Music $28,603 N/A 23
74 Northern Vermont University Music $28,154 $32,920 33
75 DePauw University Music $27,996 N/A 18
76 Ithaca College Music $27,905 $30,032 54
77 George Mason University Music $27,836 $42,092 46
78 Illinois State University Music $27,765 $36,850 21
79 The University of Alabama Music $27,724 N/A 21
80 Rowan University Music $27,411 $44,450 55
81 CUNY Hunter College Music $27,183 $25,425 18
82 Azusa Pacific University Music $26,947 $26,187 36
83 Vanderbilt University Music $26,788 N/A 19
84 University of Arizona Music $26,614 N/A 27
85 Mercy College Music $26,599 $26,976 21
86 Florida State University Music $26,580 $32,114 65
87 Kent State University at Stark Music $26,539 $22,008 28
88 Capital University Music $26,534 $35,268 59
89 University of Mobile Religious/Sacred Music $26,516 N/A 29
90 University of Memphis Music $26,397 $35,943 40
91 Rutgers University-Newark Music $26,349 $35,919 52
92 Lebanon Valley College Music $26,124 $37,019 22
93 Millikin University Music $26,043 $27,508 38
94 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College Music $26,012 $38,617 17
95 Liberty University Religious/Sacred Music $25,962 $34,415 16
96 University of Massachusetts-Lowell Music $25,855 $40,680 55
97 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Music $25,813 N/A 41
98 The College of Saint Rose Music $25,435 N/A 30
99 Cleveland State University Music $25,295 N/A 28
100 University of North Alabama Music $25,275 N/A 17
101 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Music $25,186 $23,969 28
102 Mansfield University of Pennsylvania Music $24,987 $34,987 30
103 Full Sail University Music $24,984 $27,522 463
104 West Virginia University Music $24,980 $24,575 23
105 Liberty University Music $24,848 $27,767 54
106 University of California-Davis Music $24,793 N/A 20
107 Central Michigan University Music $24,731 $35,305 26
108 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Music $24,558 $30,571 118
109 University of Nebraska at Omaha Music $24,552 N/A 22
110 St Olaf College Music $24,029 $38,494 36
111 Western Carolina University Music $23,792 $39,695 25
112 University of Northern Colorado Music $23,709 N/A 26
113 University of Central Oklahoma Music $23,703 $23,090 29
114 Old Dominion University Music $23,575 N/A 23
115 New York University Music $23,570 $26,171 62
116 Roosevelt University Music $23,445 $22,870 27
117 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Music $23,357 N/A 22
118 Ramapo College of New Jersey Music $23,309 $26,429 50
119 University of Delaware Music $23,051 N/A 16
120 Virginia Commonwealth University Music $22,973 $24,111 56
121 Florida International University Music $22,800 $20,920 42
122 University of California-Santa Barbara Music $22,669 N/A 16
123 Monmouth University Music $22,553 $28,299 47
124 Towson University Music $22,552 $29,599 21
125 University of California-San Diego Music $22,536 $35,297 35
126 William Paterson University of New Jersey Music $22,365 $27,786 65
127 McNally Smith College of Music Music $22,340 $29,910 45
128 SUNY at Fredonia Music $22,167 $29,575 19
129 Ohio State University-Main Campus Music $21,997 N/A 30
130 Rider University Music $21,951 $31,437 93
131 Portland State University Music $21,913 N/A 34
132 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Music $21,831 N/A 19
133 Chapman University Music $21,755 $21,771 17
134 University of New Haven Music $21,713 $34,774 46
135 Austin Peay State University Music $21,711 N/A 16
136 University of Utah Music $21,696 N/A 41
137 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Music $21,629 $27,559 64
138 Bennington College Music $21,599 N/A 17
139 California State University-Sacramento Music $21,569 $23,658 26
140 California University of Pennsylvania Music $21,568 N/A 18
140 Western Washington University Music $21,568 N/A 22
142 University of Denver Music $21,466 $25,637 17
143 Five Towns College Music $21,053 $23,456 25
144 Dallas Baptist University Music $21,019 $32,270 26
145 Georgia State University Music $21,016 $33,153 27
146 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Music $20,976 $45,163 50
147 Oberlin College Music $20,910 $19,799 33
148 SUNY College at Potsdam Music $20,855 N/A 16
149 North Carolina Central University Music $20,709 N/A 20
150 Manhattan School of Music Music $20,620 $18,735 25

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