Music at George Washington University

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study music, take a look at what George Washington University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 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.

GWU Music Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Music

GWU Music Rankings

The music major at GWU 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 GWU

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

GWU Music Bachelor’s Program

86% Women

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at GWU since its program graduates 40% more women than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at GWU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Music

The following music concentations are available at George Washington University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from George Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	4

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
High School Teachers	3,850	$65,180
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	490	$100,590
Music Directors and Composers	90	$77,220
Sound Engineering Technicians	60	$79,410

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
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