Music at Eastern Washington University

Every music school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music program at Eastern Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and approximately 12,349 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Music section at the bottom of this page.

EWU Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music
• Master’s Degree in Music

EWU Music Rankings

The music major at EWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Music Student Demographics at EWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at Eastern Washington University.

EWU Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at EWU since its program graduates 36% more women than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at EWU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Washington University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

EWU Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of music master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from EWU, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Washington University with a master's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Music

If you plan to be a music major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Eastern Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	18

Related Majors

• Drama & Theater Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts

Careers That Music Grads May Go Into

A degree in music can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,930	$67,430
Sound Engineering Technicians	160	$77,020
Music Directors and Composers	140	$71,980

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.