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Music Schools in Houston

Houston, TX (population: 2,307,883) has six music schools within its city limits. Rice University, the highest ranked school in the city with a music program, has a total student population of 5,576. It is the 28th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Texas. To learn more about music programs in Houston, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of music professors at Rice University such as Walter B. Bailey, Shih-Hui Chen, and Thomas Jaber.

Music students from Houston schools who go on to become musicians, producers, vocalists, guitarists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 47,260 people working as musicians and singers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $0.

Houston lies in Harris county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area has 2,563,840 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.7% unemployment rate, $21.58/hr average worker wage, and a $44,880 average annual salary.

Of the 6 music schools in Houston, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of St Thomas comes out as the most expensive ($18,514/yr) for music students, with Texas Southern University as the lowest, reported at only $7,672/yr.

Music Programs in Houston

Rice University

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

University of St Thomas

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Houston Baptist University

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Religious/Sacred Music
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music Theory and Composition
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Texas Southern University

• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

University of Houston

• Music Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: PhD
• Music History, Literature, and Theory
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Music Pedagogy
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Music Theory and Composition
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Music, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Houston Community College System

• Music Management and Merchandising
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
• Music Performance, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
• Music Theory and Composition
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

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See Also

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