Music at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

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

WCUPA is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 17,719. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 67 students received a bachelor's degree in music from WCUPA.

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

WCUPA Music Degrees Available

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

WCUPA Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music programs across the country. The following shows how WCUPA performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at WCUPA 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
	7
Best Value Music Master’s Degree Schools	20
Most Focused Music Graduate Certificate Schools	63
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	214

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in music from WCUPA. This makes it the #76 most popular school for music master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of WCUPA Music Graduates

The median salary of music students who receive their bachelor's degree at WCUPA is $36,810. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 47% higher than the national average of $24,982 for all music bachelor's degree recipients.

Music Student Demographics at WCUPA

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

WCUPA Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 67 music students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from WCUPA, about 42% were men and 58% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at WCUPA since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at WCUPA 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 West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	59
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WCUPA Music Master’s Program

Of the 22 music students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from WCUPA, about 55% were men and 45% were women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from WCUPA, 73% 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 West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a master's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

WCUPA 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
• 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 PA, the home state for West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	5,050	$80,740
Music Directors and Composers	400	$46,010
Sound Engineering Technicians	190	$45,540

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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.