Music Teacher Education

A program that prepares individuals to teach music and music appreciation programs at various educational levels.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 469 institutions across the United States, with a total of 13964 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

3,286

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,142

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

123

degrees awarded

Other Awards

9,315

awards given

Top Schools for Music Teacher Education

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam, NY	369
2	Boston University Boston, MA	255
3	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	231
4	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	228
5	SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY	213
6	Teachers College at Columbia University New York, NY	195
7	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	153
8	VanderCook College of Music Chicago, IL	150
9	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	147
10	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	144
11	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI	140
12	Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	135
13	Illinois State University Normal, IL	132
14	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	129
15	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	126
16	New York University New York, NY	123
17	University of Hartford West Hartford, CT	111
18	Longy School of Music of Bard College Cambridge, MA	111
19	University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS	108
20	Towson University Towson, MD	108
21	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	105
22	Capital University Columbus, OH	105
23	University of Georgia Athens, GA	102
24	Ball State University Muncie, IN	102
25	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI	96
26	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	96
27	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	93
28	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	90
29	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	90
30	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	87
31	Nazareth University Rochester, NY	87
32	William Carey University Hattiesburg, MS	84
33	Northern State University Aberdeen, SD	84
34	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	81
35	Baylor University Waco, TX	81
36	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	81
37	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	81
38	Georgia College & State University Milledgeville, GA	81
39	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	78
40	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	78
41	Rider University Lawrenceville, NJ	78
42	Anderson University Anderson, SC	75
43	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	75
44	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	72
45	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	72
46	Millikin University Decatur, IL	72
47	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	69
48	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	69
49	Berklee College of Music Boston, MA	69
50	Arkansas Tech University Russellville, AR	66
51	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	66
52	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	66
53	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	66
54	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	63
55	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	63
56	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE	63
57	Wartburg College Waverly, IA	60
58	SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY	60
59	University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA	60
60	CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY	60
61	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	60
62	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	60
63	Gordon College Wenham, MA	60
64	University of Delaware Newark, DE	60
65	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	57
66	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA	57
67	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	57
68	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	57
69	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	57
70	Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA	57
71	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	54
72	Lebanon Valley College Annville, PA	54
73	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI	54
74	Arkansas State University Jonesboro, AR	54
75	Wichita State University Wichita, KS	54
76	Lawrence University Appleton, WI	54
77	Southern Utah University Cedar City, UT	54
78	University of North Texas Denton, TX	51
79	Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC	51
80	Ottawa University-Online Overland Park, KS	51
81	Western Connecticut State University Danbury, CT	51
82	Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA	51
83	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	51
84	Piedmont University Demorest, GA	51
85	University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO	51
86	Bethel University McKenzie, TN	48
87	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	48
88	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	48
89	University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL	48
90	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	48
91	University of Maine Orono, ME	48
92	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	48
93	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	48
94	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID	48
95	University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN	48
96	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	48
97	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	48
98	Carthage College Kenosha, WI	48
99	Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA	45
100	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA	45