Music

The Music major general program focuses on the introductory study and appreciation of music and the performing arts. Includes instruction in music, dance, and other performing arts media.

Please consult the UMW Undergraduate Catalog for specific and up-to-date major requirements.

Thinking About This Major?

The Center for Career & Professional Development has many tools and resources available to help you choose your major. Below are three of them:

Focus 2: A series of reliable, intuitive, career and education decision-making assessments to help students select a major, explore occupations, make informed career decisions, and take action in their career development.

Skills developed as a Music major (via Focus2): Decision making, listening, managing time, manual dexterity, performing arts, and troubleshooting.

What Can I Do With This Major: Learn more about what you can do as a Music major! Some areas of career options are education, performance, conducting, composing, broadcasting, music industry, and human services.

Handshake: UMW’s online career management platform that includes the latest jobs from employers hiring at your school. You can search for organizations based on major, location, job type, and many other categories.

Music – Current Job Opportunities

Note: Job & Internship opportunities are pulled from UMW’s online job and internship database, Handshake, and update every 12 hours. Log into your UMW Handshake account to find hundreds of other opportunities and events.

Marketing & Administrative Coordinator

Front Desk Supervisor - Park Hyatt Beaver Creek $22/hr + commission

City Teaching Alliance Resident 2024 (for Aspiring Teachers)

Experienced Fleet Mechanic

Transitional Music Teacher, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte School

Music Graduate Data

Note: Undergraduate outcome data is collected by the UMW Career Center each year. The data is then broken down by major in order to determine how many graduates in each major are employed, attending graduate school, or pursuing a different path within 6 months of graduation.

• “knowledge rate” defines the percent of graduates for which the institution has reasonable and verifiable information concerning the graduates’ post-graduation career activities
  
• “career outcome rate”  is the number of graduates who have landed in any of the employment categories (full-time, part-time, internship) in addition to service, military, and continuing education divided by the total number of students for whom an outcome is known.

Music Alumni (2018-2022)

Total Graduates: 60

Knowledge Rate: 82%

Career Outcome Rate: 85%

• Employed Full-time: 39%
• Employed Part-time: 12%
• Grad School: 35%
• Seeking Employment: 10%
• Waiting on Grad School: 4%

Where do our alumni land?

 

 

Alumni Success Stories

UMW alumni are excited to help current students and other alumni succeed in their fields. Below are stories from alumni about their experiences at UMW and after.

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