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Music Performance at Western Carolina University

Music Performance at Western Carolina University

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

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and approximately 12,243 students attend the school each year.

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

WCU Music Performance Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance

WCU Music Performance Rankings

The music performance major at WCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music Performance. 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 Performance Student Demographics at WCU

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

WCU Music Performance Bachelor’s Program

28% Women
10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 72% of music performance bachelor's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

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About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music performance at WCU 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 Western Carolina University with a bachelor's in music performance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 26
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Music Performance Grads May Go Into

A degree in music performance 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 Western Carolina University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 2,860 $66,640
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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