Music Schools In Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has 63 accredited music schools where music faculty who teach music classes can find employment. The trends in Pennsylvania's music academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in music includes music training at the following levels:

Music Certificate
Associates degree in Music
Bachelors degree in Music
Masters degree in Music
PhD degree in Music

Cities

Statistics

Professional Trends

Pennsylvania Vs. National Music Employment

Pennsylvania	2,380
National	63,990

Approximately 4% of the country's music professionals work in Pennsylvania state.

Employment Growth for Music professionals In Pennsylvania

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
2,110	2,170	2,160	2,000	2,380

Yellow: Actual Values

In Pennsylvania, the field of music is growing. In Pennsylvania, 270 more music professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. So, in four years, the number of music professionals has grown by 13%. This is slower than the trend for music professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of music professionals has grown by 14% between 2006 and 2010.

Music VS. All Professions salaries in Pennsylvania

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
$17,085	$17,140	$19,160	$21,930	$26,045
$44,448	$45,778	$47,594	$49,448	$50,581

Light Blue: Music
Dark Yellow: All Professions

The salaries paid to music professionals are growing in Pennsylvania. Music professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $17,085 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $26,045 in 2010.

Salary percentiles for Music professionals in Pennsylvania

10th percentile	$8,945
25th percentile	$15,285
50th percentile	$22,545
75th percentile	$35,120
90th percentile	$48,390

This represents a growth in salaries of 34%. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. In Pennsylvania state, within the field of music, there is a huge variation in pay. The highest paid music professionals earn 441% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket.

Average Salaries for Music professionals and related professions in Pennsylvania

Art	$52,860
Liberal Arts	$69,210
Music	$26,045
Music Production	$48,312

Music professionals in Pennsylvania earn, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.

Educational Trends

Music programs available for each degree type for all schools in Pennsylvania

associate	7
bachelor	102
master	41
doctor	6
Certificate	10
Total	166

The number of students graduating from the 63 accredited music schools in Pennsylvania is increasing. In 2006 there were 928 music graduates from music courses in Pennsylvania and in 2010 there were 1,053 graduates.

Thus there was a 13% percent increase in the number of music school degree or certificate graduates in Pennsylvania. Most of these graduates, or 61%, earned a bachelor's degree in music.

Music Faculty Salaries in Pennsylvania

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