Music Education at Butler University

If you are interested in studying music education, you may want to check out the program at Butler University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Butler is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and has a total student population of 5,544.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Music Education section at the bottom of this page.

Butler Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education
• Master’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

Butler Music Education Rankings

The music teacher education major at Butler is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at Butler

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music teacher education majors at Butler University.

Butler Music Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of music teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical music teacher education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Butler since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at Butler are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music teacher education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Butler University with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Butler Music Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music teacher education master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in music teacher education each year. Butler does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a music teacher education master's degree from Butler, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Butler University with a master's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Drama & Dance Education

Careers That Music Teacher Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in music teacher education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Butler University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers	19,690	$53,030
Middle School Teachers	11,510	$52,690
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,030	$68,070
Education Professors	1,540	$70,110

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Peetlesnumber1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.