Bachelor's-25% vs national median127 grads tracked
Music at Winthrop University
Ranked 242nd of 250 bachelor's programs in Music by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$27,752
middle 50%: $21,684 – $39,272
Median · 5 years out
$37,371
middle 50%: $29,410 – $50,498
Median · 10 years out
$51,505
middle 50%: $36,903 – $69,441
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Music (bachelor's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
Music majors at Winthrop University start with a median first-year salary of $28k. Salaries reach $37k at the five-year mark and $52k after ten years.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.
Will the degree pay for itself?
Drag the sliders — payback uses this program's actual salary curve.
Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).
Paid off in
10.8 yrs
≈ $13,597 total interest
Same major at other universities
University of Hawaii at Manoa
$38,416 · 5 yrs out
University of Northern Colorado
$38,400 · 5 yrs out
University of Illinois Chicago
$38,377 · 5 yrs out
University of North Carolina Asheville
$38,233 · 5 yrs out
Missouri Western State University
$37,592 · 5 yrs out
Southeast Missouri State University
$37,454 · 5 yrs out
Missouri State University
$36,903 · 5 yrs out
Converse University
$36,368 · 5 yrs out
Olivet Nazarene University
$36,215 · 5 yrs out
Wright State University
$36,215 · 5 yrs out
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
$34,622 · 5 yrs out
University of Hawaii at Hilo
$33,372 · 5 yrs out
Other majors at Winthrop University
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Master's)
$90,007 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Bachelor's)
$82,573 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)
$82,573 · 5 yrs out
Economics (Bachelor's)
$67,042 · 5 yrs out
Psychology (Master's)
$65,387 · 5 yrs out
Education (Master's)
$65,226 · 5 yrs out
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences (Master's)
$64,402 · 5 yrs out
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Master's)
$62,818 · 5 yrs out
Physical Sciences (Bachelor's)
$62,818 · 5 yrs out
Chemistry (Bachelor's)
$62,818 · 5 yrs out
Design and Applied Arts (Bachelor's)
$61,827 · 5 yrs out
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Bachelor's)
$60,257 · 5 yrs out