Music at Nebraska Wesleyan University

If you are interested in studying music, you may want to check out the program at Nebraska Wesleyan University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NWU is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and has a total student population of 1,924. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in music from NWU.

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

NWU Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

NWU Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at NWU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at NWU 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Music Schools	89
	154
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	658

Music Student Demographics at NWU

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

NWU Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at NWU since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at NWU 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 Nebraska Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in music.

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

NWU also has a doctoral program available in music. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Fine & Studio Arts
• Drama & Theater 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 NE, the home state for Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
High School Teachers	7,880	$57,500
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	440	$70,680
Music Directors and Composers	40	$46,650

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.