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Music at Wheaton College Illinois

Music at Wheaton College Illinois

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 Wheaton College Illinois stacks up to those at other schools.

Wheaton College Illinois is located in Wheaton, Illinois and has a total student population of 2,908.

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

Wheaton College Illinois Music Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Wheaton College Illinois Music Rankings

The music major at Wheaton College Illinois 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.

Music Student Demographics at Wheaton College Illinois

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

Wheaton College Illinois Music Bachelor’s Program

57% Women
4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Wheaton College Illinois since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

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About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at Wheaton College Illinois 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 Wheaton College Illinois with a bachelor's in music.

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

Concentrations Within Music

If you plan to be a music major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wheaton College Illinois. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Performance 16
Music Pedagogy 12
General Music 5
Other Music 4
Music Theory & Composition 3
Music History 1

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 IL, the home state for Wheaton College Illinois.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers 43,720 $72,370
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 3,940 $68,360
Music Directors and Composers 370 $40,220
Sound Engineering Technicians 220 $60,500

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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