Music Therapy at Drexel University

Every music therapy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music therapy program at Drexel University stacks up to those at other schools.

Drexel is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 23,589.

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

Drexel Music Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Music Therapy

Drexel Music Therapy Rankings

Music Therapy Student Demographics at Drexel

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music therapy majors at Drexel University.

Drexel Music Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music therapy master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 11% men graduate in music therapy each year. Drexel does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 39% more men than average.

Of the students who received a music therapy master's degree from Drexel, 67% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the music therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
• Rehabilitation Science
• Art Therapy
• Dance Therapy
• Physical Therapy/Therapist

Careers That Music Therapy Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Therapists	140	$53,930

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.