Music Therapy
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Music Therapy degree recipients are Philadelphia, PA, St. Mary of the Woods, IN, and Boston, MA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Music Therapy is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Music Therapy and the types of students that study this field. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College awards the most degrees in Music Therapy in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Music Therapy, followed by Immaculata University.
Tuition costs for Music Therapy majors are, on average, $7,716 for in-state public colleges, and $37,000 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Music Therapy programs are false institutions (N/A total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (380 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Music Therapy, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (380 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Music Therapy programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College has the most Music Therapy degree recipients, with 38 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Music Therapy.
Out of all institutions that offer Music Therapy programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Music Therapy, with 13%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Music Therapy by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for majors is $87,543 and the most common occupations are .
The industry that employs the most majors is false, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Farm supplies merchant wholesalers.
The average salary for majors is $87,543 and the most common occupations are .
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations majors, by number of employees, are .
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of majors working as Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, Nurse anesthetists, and Audiologists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Nurse anesthetists.
The number of graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.36%, from 4.51M in 2021 to 4.66M in 2022.
The largest single share of graduates go on to work as false (0%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ majors, by number of employees, are .
The highest paying industries of majors, by average wage, are Farm supplies merchant wholesalers, Aerospace products & parts manufacturing, and Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers.
The number of graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.36%, from 4.51M in 2021 to 4.66M in 2022.
The industry which employs the most graduates by share is N/A, followed by N/A. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in .
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in is 42.6.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in (493 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in . The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 31 years old, which represent 3.06% and 3% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Music Therapy are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Postbaccalaureate Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Music Therapy.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Music Therapy for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Music Therapy.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in false that hold degrees (N/A times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (202,070 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Music Therapy field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Music Therapy majors need many skills, but most especially Social Perceptiveness. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Music Therapy majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Selection, Social Perceptiveness, and Service Orientation.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Music Therapy majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Selection is very distinctive for majors, but the Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.
