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Music Performance at Western Washington University

Music Performance at Western Washington University

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

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and has a total student population of 15,197.

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.

WWU Music Performance Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance

WWU Music Performance Rankings

The music performance major at WWU 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 WWU

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

WWU Music Performance Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of music performance bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music performance at WWU 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 Washington 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 1
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 WA, the home state for Western Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 1,930 $67,430
Music Directors and Composers 140 $71,980

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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