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California Music Directors and Composers: Schools and Careers

Career Information for Music Directors And Composers in California

Fast Facts for Music Directors And Composers in California

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Riverside, Santa Ana, and San Diego
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland

Salaries for Music Directors And Composers in California

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: San Diego, San Francisco, and Riverside. (See table at bottom of page)

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California Music Director And Composer Training Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Biola UniversityLa MiradaDoctorate & First Professional5,830
California Institute of the ArtsValenciaMasters1,324
Chapman UniversityOrangeDoctorate6,022
Mills CollegeOaklandDoctorate1,446
Pepperdine UniversityMalibuDoctorate & First Professional7,582
Point Loma Nazarene UniversitySan DiegoMasters3,480
San Francisco Conservatory of MusicSan FranciscoMasters406
Stanford UniversityStanfordDoctorate & First Professional19,782
University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta BarbaraDoctorate21,410
University of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesDoctorate & First Professional33,408
University of the PacificStocktonDoctorate6,235

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Music Directors And Composers

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for California. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Music Directors and Composers

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Music Directors and Composers relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

CALIFORNIA

   
San Jose160$54,4703.5
San Francisco150$62,4703.1
Oakland140$56,4202.8
Sacramento100 2.3
San Diego110$99,9301.7
Santa Ana100$37,2101.3
Riverside70$56,8901.1
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