#10 of 109 for music72
Composition to your shortlist
Will my grades get me in?
We compare your points with the students who started, whose totals include extras like a fourth A-level or EPQ. The real offer is on the university’s course page.
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Music at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is ranked 10th of 109 universities for music on our measures. 83% of students are positive about the course.
Main Campus, Scotland6 coursesRanked on partial data
How it compares with other music courses
The marker shows the typical (median) music course. How we measure
Who gets in
UCAS points of students who started, with the A-level grades worth the same points. These totals include every qualification students had (a fourth A-level, EPQ, AS levels and so on), so many people here had a lower offer than their total suggests.
- Under 96 ptsbelow CCC9%
- 96–111 ptsCCC–BCC12%
- 112–127 ptsBBC–BBB4%
- 128–143 ptsABB–AAB9%
- 144–159 ptsAAA–A*AA11%
- 160+ ptsA*A*A or more54%
Most students here apply with Highers and Advanced Highers, which earn more UCAS points than A-levels, so these figures look higher than A-level offers usually are.
What graduates earn
Earnings data isn’t published for this course yet.
The 15-month figure comes from the Graduate Outcomes survey and covers graduates in full-time work. The 3 and 5-year figures come from tax records and include everyone in work, including part-time, so they can be lower than the 15-month figure.
Compare the 6 music courses here
Each course has its own satisfaction, drop-out and entry figures where enough students answered. Add your grades above to see your fit for each one.
- Highest student satisfaction: Performance (85%).
- Least competitive entry: Traditional Music - Piping. Half of the students who started had more than 112 UCAS points, against 176 on the most competitive course here.
- Most students stay on: Jazz and Traditional Music (100%).
- Every course here offers a year abroad.
Composition
BMus · 4 years
- Satisfied
- 85%
- Stay on
- 80%
- Entry points
- 172
- Graduate jobs
- 85%*
- Salary
- –
Jazz
BMus · 4 years
- Satisfied
- 82%*
- Stay on
- 100%
- Entry points
- 176
- Graduate jobs
- 85%*
- Salary
- –
Joint Principal Study
BMus · 4 years
- Satisfied
- 82%*
- Stay on
- 94%*
- Entry points
- 170*
- Graduate jobs
- 85%*
- Salary
- –
Performance
BMus · 4 years
- Satisfied
- 85%
- Stay on
- 96%
- Entry points
- 172
- Graduate jobs
- 85%
- Salary
- –
Traditional Music
BMus · 4 years
- Satisfied
- 80%
- Stay on
- 100%
- Entry points
- 160
- Graduate jobs
- 85%*
- Salary
- –
Traditional Music - Piping
BMus · 4 years
- Satisfied
- 82%*
- Stay on
- 70%
- Entry points
- 112
- Graduate jobs
- 85%*
- Salary
- –
* When a course is too small to publish its own figure, we show the figure for similar courses at this university. Highlighted figures are the best of this university’s own course figures. Entry points are the middle UCAS score of students who started, counting all their qualifications, so they’re usually higher than the offer.
Links go to the university’s own course pages, where you’ll find current entry requirements and fees.
Similar ranking
- Guildhall School of Music & DramaRanked 8
- Durham UniversityRanked 9
- University of LiverpoolRanked 11
- Royal Holloway, University of LondonRanked 12
Nearby
- University of Glasgow0 miles away, ranked 5
- Glasgow School of Art.0 miles away, ranked 60
- University of the West of Scotland30 miles away, ranked 68
- University of Edinburgh43 miles away, ranked 18
Living in Glasgow
Most first-year students live in university halls, and many universities guarantee a place if you apply on time. Start with Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s own accommodation page for halls, prices and deadlines.
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland accommodation