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Music Therapy at Sam Houston State University

Music Therapy at Sam Houston State 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 Sam Houston State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and approximately 21,912 students attend the school each year.

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.

SHSU Music Therapy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy

SHSU Music Therapy Rankings

The music therapy major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music Therapy. 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 Therapy Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Music Therapy Bachelor’s Program

94% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 6% of music therapy bachelor's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

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About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music therapy at SHSU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music therapy bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

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 TX, the home state for Sam Houston State University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors 13,930 $139,540

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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