Music Education at Towson University

If you are interested in studying music education, you may want to check out the program at Towson University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and approximately 21,917 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.

Towson Music Education Degrees Available

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

Towson Music Education Rankings

The music teacher education major at Towson 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 Towson

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

Towson Music Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of music teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 32% 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 Towson since its program graduates 26% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at Towson are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Towson University with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Towson Music Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of music teacher education master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

Of the students who received a music teacher education master's degree from Towson, 100% 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 Towson University with a master's in music teacher education.

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

Related Majors

• Mathematics Education
• Art Education
• Physical Education Teaching & Coaching
• Reading 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 MD, the home state for Towson University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
High School Teachers	19,330	$72,610
Middle School Teachers	12,450	$69,710
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,850	$74,160
Education Professors	940	$75,470

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 Amouzone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.