This study sought to determine if music and non-music majors' motivation differed for courses in and outside of their respective majors. This is important because motivation plays a key role in education. In particular the academic contexts and personal characteristics of musicians, may affect their expectations of success and subjective task values which in turn may affect their achievement related choices and outcomes (Eccles, 2008) for their major and general coursework. Previous research is scarce concerning the motivation of music majors as a whole and with how their motivation compares to non-music majors. To fill this gap in knowledge the motivational framework of Expectancy Value Theory (Eccles & Wigfield, 1995; Wigfield, 1994) was applied with 253 undergraduates enrolled in a mid-sized, public, liberal arts Midwestern university. Multivariate analyses indicated music and non-music majors alike reported higher attainment, intrinsic interest and utility values for their major coursework. In comparison to non-music majors, music majors were characterized by high intrinsic interest value, utility value, and ability expectancy overall yet less perceived task difficulty and perceived required effort and marginally less attainment value and ability expectancy for their major course while still sustaining high levels of attainment value. Music majors varied from non-music majors in that they reported higher expectancy and value for courses within and outside their major overall. Due to the large number of majors included, these results have implications for many in academia and beyond. Perhaps the knowledge of this pattern of motivation for music majors may contribute to the motivation of other college students. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]