Music at Westmont College

What traits are you looking for in a music school? To help you decide if Westmont College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's music program.

Westmont is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 1,226 students attend the school each year. Of the 341 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Westmont College in 2021, 11 of them were music majors.

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

Westmont Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Westmont Music Rankings

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

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 Westmont 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	68
Most Focused Music Schools	98
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	365
Most Popular Music Schools	449

Music Student Demographics at Westmont

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

Westmont Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Westmont since its program graduates 36% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Westmont College with a bachelor's in music.

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

Westmont 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 CA, the home state for Westmont College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Music Directors and Composers	1,230	$64,600

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 Richard O’Reilly under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.