Music at Whitman College

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

Whitman is located in Walla Walla, Washington and approximately 1,360 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 4 music majors received their bachelor's degree from Whitman.

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

Whitman Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Whitman Music Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at Whitman 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	262
Most Focused Music Schools	339
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	658
Most Popular Music Schools	797

Music Student Demographics at Whitman

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

Whitman Music Bachelor’s Program

The music program at Whitman awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Whitman since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

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

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

Whitman 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
• Film, Video & Photographic 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 WA, the home state for Whitman College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,930	$67,430
Sound Engineering Technicians	160	$77,020
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.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.