Music Teacher Education
Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Music Teacher Education degree recipients are New York, NY, Potsdam, NY, and Boston, MA. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Music Teacher Education degree recipients are Hobe Sound, FL, Fredonia, NY, and Potsdam, NY. The most common degree awarded to students studying Music Teacher Education is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Music Teacher Education and the types of students that study this field. SUNY College at Potsdam awards the most degrees in Music Teacher Education in the US, but VanderCook College of Music and Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Music Teacher Education.
Tuition costs for Music Teacher Education majors are, on average, $7,740 for in-state public colleges, and $34,590 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Music Teacher Education programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (344 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (2,756 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Music Teacher Education, is Public, 4-year or above (2,756 completions in 2023).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Music Teacher Education programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
SUNY College at Potsdam has the most Music Teacher Education degree recipients, with 123 degrees awarded in 2023.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Music Teacher Education.
Out of all institutions that offer Music Teacher Education programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, VanderCook College of Music has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Music Teacher Education, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Music Teacher Education by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Education graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Education majors is $66,881 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
The industry that employs the most Education majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing.
The average salary for Education majors is $66,881 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Education majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Education majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Education 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 for Education majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Education majors working as Elementary & middle school teachers, Special education teachers, and Secondary school teachers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Education majors are Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining, Tool & die makers, and Surgeons.
The number of Education graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.595%, from 5.12M in 2022 to 5.15M in 2023.
The largest single share of Education graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (30.8%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Education by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Education majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and uninformed.
The highest paying industries of Education majors, by average wage, are Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing, Footwear manufacturing, and Petroleum refining.
The number of Education graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.595%, from 5.12M in 2022 to 5.15M in 2023.
The industry which employs the most Education graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Education.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Education majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Education majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Education. The most common ages of employees with this major are 40 and 49 years old, which represent 2.54% and 2.53% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Music Teacher Education are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Research Doctorate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Education 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 Teacher Education.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Music Teacher Education 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 Teacher Education.
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 Europe that hold Education degrees (3.64 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 Mexico (53,550 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Music Teacher Education field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Music Teacher Education majors need many skills, but most especially Learning Strategies. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Music Teacher Education majors need more than the average amount of Instructing, Learning Strategies, and Social Perceptiveness.
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 Teacher Education 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 Instructing is very distinctive for majors, but the Learning Strategies, Instructing, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.
