Music Directors and Composers

Conduct, direct, plan, and lead instrumental or vocal performances by musical groups, such as orchestras, bands, choirs, and glee clubs. Includes arrangers, composers, choral directors, and orchestrators.

Programs That Prepare You

College programs linked to this occupation, ranked by graduate earnings

Music(masters)Central Washington University, WA

$71,579

Music(masters)Messiah University, PA

$66,109

Music(doctoral)University of Maryland-College Park, MD

$65,466

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft(masters)University of Idaho, ID

$64,954

Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management(masters)CUNY Bernard M Baruch College, NY

$64,102

Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management(masters)Daemen University, NY

$61,346

Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management(masters)University at Buffalo, NY

$61,346

Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management(masters)New York Institute of Technology, NY

$61,346

Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management(masters)University of Rochester, NY

$61,346

Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management(masters)Long Island University, NY

$61,346

Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management(masters)Pratt Institute-Main, NY

$61,346

Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management(masters)Sotheby's Institute of Art-NY, NY

$61,346

Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management(masters)Wagner College, NY

$61,346

Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management(masters)Syracuse University, NY

$61,346

Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management(masters)The New School, NY

$61,346

Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management(masters)SUNY at Purchase College, NY

$61,346

Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management(masters)Fashion Institute of Technology, NY

$61,346

Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management(masters)Le Moyne College, NY

$61,346

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft(masters)University of Houston, TX

$61,314

Music(bachelors)Sam Houston State University, TX

$59,926

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft(masters)University of Northern Colorado, CO

$59,486

Music(bachelors)The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, TX

$56,373

Music(bachelors)Texas A&M University-Kingsville, TX

$56,072

Music(bachelors)The University of Texas at El Paso, TX

$56,062

Music(masters)Colorado State University-Fort Collins, CO

$54,680