Music Therapy Therapist

A program that prepares individuals, in association with a rehabilitation team or in private practice, to use music in therapeutic relationships to address the physical, psychological, cognitive, emotional, and social needs of clients. Includes instruction in music theory and performance, human growth and development, biomedical sciences, abnormal psychology, disabling conditions, patient assessment and diagnosis, treatment plan development and implementation, clinical evaluation, record-keeping, and professional standards and ethics.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 65 institutions across the United States, with a total of 2130 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

489

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

174

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,420

awards given

Top Schools for Music Therapy Therapist

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Berklee College of Music Boston, MA	138
2	Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Saint Mary of the Woods, IN	111
3	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA	78
4	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA	72
5	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	66
6	Maryville University of Saint Louis Saint Louis, MO	66
7	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	57
8	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	57
9	Augsburg University Minneapolis, MN	54
10	Shenandoah University Winchester, VA	54
11	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	51
12	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	48
13	Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX	48
14	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	48
15	Immaculata University Immaculata, PA	45
16	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI	45
17	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	45
18	SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY	45
19	Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH	45
20	Molloy College Rockville Centre, NY	42
21	Nazareth University Rochester, NY	42
22	Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA	42
23	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	39
24	Texas Woman's University Denton, TX	39
25	Alverno College Milwaukee, WI	39
26	Wartburg College Waverly, IA	36
27	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	36
28	Georgia College & State University Milledgeville, GA	36
29	Utah State University Logan, UT	33
30	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	33
31	Belmont University Nashville, TN	30
32	University of Dayton Dayton, OH	27
33	University of Georgia Athens, GA	27
34	University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX	27
35	State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY	27
36	Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL	24
37	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	24
38	Queens University of Charlotte Charlotte, NC	24
39	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	24
40	Marywood University Scranton, PA	24
41	Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion Marion, IN	21
42	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	18
43	Seattle Pacific University Seattle, WA	18
44	University of Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	18
45	Anna Maria College Paxton, MA	18
46	Charleston Southern University Charleston, SC	18
47	Purdue University Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN	15
48	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	15
49	Drury University Springfield, MO	15
50	Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA	15
51	The College of Wooster Wooster, OH	12
52	Pacific University Forest Grove, OR	12
53	Carroll University Waukesha, WI	12
54	University of Evansville Evansville, IN	12
55	Mercyhurst University Erie, PA	12
56	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	9
57	William Carey University Hattiesburg, MS	6
58	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	6
59	Oral Roberts University Tulsa, OK	6
60	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	6
61	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	6
62	Seton Hill University Greensburg, PA	3
63	Baldwin Wallace University Berea, OH	3
64	Converse University Spartanburg, SC	3
65	Marietta College Marietta, OH	3