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. Of the 661 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College Illinois in 2021, 41 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.

Wheaton College Illinois Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Wheaton College Illinois Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at Wheaton College Illinois compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50
Most Focused Music Schools	60
Best Value Music Schools	286

Earnings of Wheaton College Illinois Music Graduates

The median salary of music students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wheaton College Illinois is $28,924. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 16% higher than the national average of $24,982 for all music bachelor's degree recipients.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% 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 32% more women than average.

About 83% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	34
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Wheaton College Illinois also has a doctoral program available in music. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Neatpete86 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.