Careers 

Kansas State University has an exceptionally strong tradition in the area of music education. Our placement rate for graduates in the music education program in public school systems or further study in graduate programs is 100 percent over the last two decades. Music education graduates have won top education positions all over the state of Kansas and the U.S. K-State gives its undergraduates rigorous training in the fundamentals of music education and the experience necessary to apply their knowledge to the professional world. 

In addition to the traditional careers in music performance and teaching, many other options are available to music graduates. Careful coordination of nonmusic courses with the requirements of a music degree can lead to entry into the music industry: music publishing, instrument and equipment merchandising, advertising, recording, electronic music, computer graphics and more. 

Companies often seek graduates in the arts for training in personnel management. More and more, students are using their interest in and love of music to earn music degrees that serve as preprofessional programs for entry into medical school, dentistry, law, divinity or other professional schools.

Academics

 All music majors declare a primary performance emphasis area in piano, strings, voice, brass, woodwinds or percussion. Students participate each semester in a large ensemble such as band, orchestra or choir. In addition, all music majors take the traditional core music courses: music theory, music history and aural skills. Music majors also fulfill university academic requirements. Nonmusic courses total approximately one-third to onehalf of the requirements of the various musical degrees.