Music at University of West Georgia

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

University of West Georgia is located in Carrollton, Georgia and approximately 13,419 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,895 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of West Georgia in 2021, 17 of them were music majors.

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

University of West Georgia Music Degrees Available

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

University of West Georgia Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at University of West Georgia 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 University of West Georgia 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
	91
Best Music Master’s Degree Schools	161
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	267

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in music from University of West Georgia. This makes it the #163 most popular school for music master’s degree candidates in the country.

Music Student Demographics at University of West Georgia

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

University of West Georgia Music Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students earned a bachelor's degree in music from University of West Georgia. About 59% of these graduates were women and the other 41% were men. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at University of West Georgia since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 West Georgia with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

University of West Georgia Music Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a master's degree in music from University of West Georgia. About 56% of these graduates were women and the other 44% were men.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from University of West Georgia, 100% 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 University of West Georgia with a master's in music.

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

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

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 GA, the home state for University of West Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,390	$66,740
Sound Engineering Technicians	530	$62,640
Music Directors and Composers	200	$73,470

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.