Music Education at Syracuse University

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 Syracuse University stacks up to those at other schools.

Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and approximately 21,322 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.

Syracuse Music Education Degrees Available

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

Syracuse Music Education Rankings

The music teacher education major at Syracuse 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 Syracuse

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

Syracuse Music Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of music teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% 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 Syracuse since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at Syracuse 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 Syracuse University with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Syracuse Music Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music teacher education master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in music teacher education each year. Syracuse does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a music teacher education master's degree from Syracuse, 90% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Related Majors

• Chemistry Education
• Physical Education Teaching & Coaching
• Science Education
• Spanish Education
• Earth Science Teacher 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 NY, the home state for Syracuse University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Middle School Teachers	39,950	$83,490
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	11,530	$99,870
Education Professors	5,590	$88,580

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 Justing under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.