Music Education at Rider University

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

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and has a total student population of 4,636.

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.

Rider Music Education Degrees Available

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

Rider Music Education Rankings

The music teacher education major at Rider 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 Rider

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

Rider Music Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of music teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at Rider are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Rider University with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Rider Music Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of music teacher education master's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in music teacher education each year. Rider does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the music teacher education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education
• Science Education
• Drama & Dance Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• English & Language Arts 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 NJ, the home state for Rider University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
High School Teachers	29,140	$76,390
Middle School Teachers	24,980	$72,290
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,070	$90,750
Education Professors	1,400	$88,870

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 Magneticcarpet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.