Music at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a music school? To help you decide if University of North Carolina at Wilmington is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's music program.

UNCW is located in Wilmington, North Carolina and has a total student population of 17,915.

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

UNCW Music Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Music

UNCW Music Rankings

The music major at UNCW 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 UNCW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

UNCW Music Bachelor’s Program

88% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at UNCW since its program graduates 42% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
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 University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music	8
Music Performance	1

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,860	$66,640
Sound Engineering Technicians	230	$51,060
Music Directors and Composers	90	$48,920

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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