Music at West Virginia Wesleyan College

Every music school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music program at West Virginia Wesleyan College stacks up to those at other schools.

West Virginia Wesleyan is located in Buckhannon, West Virginia and approximately 1,066 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in music from West Virginia Wesleyan.

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

West Virginia Wesleyan Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

West Virginia Wesleyan Music Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at West Virginia Wesleyan 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
Most Focused Music Schools	372
Most Popular Music Schools	892

Music Student Demographics at West Virginia Wesleyan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at West Virginia Wesleyan College.

West Virginia Wesleyan Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 music students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from West Virginia Wesleyan, about 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at West Virginia Wesleyan since its program graduates 54% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at West Virginia Wesleyan 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 Virginia Wesleyan College with a bachelor's in music.

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

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

Related Majors

• Design & Applied 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 WV, the home state for West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
High School Teachers	3,790	$47,050
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	660	$52,560

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 Fryeguy91 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.