Music Therapy at Temple University

What traits are you looking for in a music therapy school? To help you decide if Temple University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's music therapy program.

Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 37,236 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.

Temple Music Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy
• Master’s Degree in Music Therapy

Temple Music Therapy Rankings

The music therapy major at Temple 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.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in music therapy, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Therapy Student Demographics at Temple

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

Temple Music Therapy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of music therapy bachelor's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music therapy at Temple are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Temple University with a bachelor's in music therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Temple Music Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of music therapy master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Of the students who received a music therapy master's degree from Temple, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the music therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Art Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy
• Physical Therapy/Therapist

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 PA, the home state for Temple University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Therapists	140	$53,930

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 Audrey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.