Music Education at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study music education, take a look at what New Mexico State University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and has a total student population of 14,227.

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.

NMSU Main Campus Music Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

NMSU Main Campus Music Education Rankings

The music teacher education major at NMSU Main Campus 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 NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music teacher education majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus Music Education Bachelor’s Program

57% Women

71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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 NMSU Main Campus since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 49% 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 New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
High School Teachers	7,010	$55,380
Middle School Teachers	3,760	$52,810
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	100	$55,430
Education Professors	90	$67,260

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
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