Music Education at Oakland University

10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and approximately 18,552 students attend the school each year.

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.

Oakland Music Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

Oakland Music Education Rankings

The music teacher education major at Oakland 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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in music teacher education, making the school the #20 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Music Education Bachelor’s Program

40% Women

10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of music teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% 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 Oakland since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at Oakland are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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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 MI, the home state for Oakland University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
High School Teachers	24,130	$62,950
Middle School Teachers	12,750	$64,540
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,710	$76,250
Education Professors	1,130	$76,650

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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