Music at Northwest Mississippi Community College

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

NWCC is located in Senatobia, Mississippi and approximately 7,092 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.

NWCC Music Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Music

NWCC Music Rankings

Music Student Demographics at NWCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at Northwest Mississippi Community College.

NWCC Music Associate’s Program

50% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

NWCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in music graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwest Mississippi Community College with a associate's in music.

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

Concentrations Within Music

Music majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northwest Mississippi Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

Design & Applied 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 MS, the home state for Northwest Mississippi Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
High School Teachers	8,920	$47,190
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	660	$62,540
Music Directors and Composers	80	$53,000

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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