General Music at Western Michigan University

If you plan to study general music, take a look at what Western Michigan University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has a total student population of 19,887.

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

WMU General Music Degrees Available

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

WMU General Music Rankings

The general music major at WMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

General Music Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU General Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of general music bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general music at WMU 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 Michigan University with a bachelor's in general music.

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

WMU General Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of general music master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Michigan University with a master's in general music.

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

Related Majors

• Conducting
• Keyboard Instruments
• Jazz Studies
• Voice Performance
• Music Theory & Composition

Careers That General Music Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
High School Teachers	24,130	$62,950

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.