Music Education at University of Kentucky

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 University of Kentucky stacks up to those at other schools.

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 29,986 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.

UK Music Education Degrees Available

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

UK Music Education Rankings

The music teacher education major at UK 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 UK

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

UK Music Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of music teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% 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 UK since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at UK 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 University of Kentucky with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UK Music Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of music teacher education master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a music teacher education master's degree from UK, 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 University of Kentucky 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	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Art Education
• Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
• Health Education
• Social Studies Education
• Technical 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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers	12,250	$56,200
Middle School Teachers	8,180	$54,620
Education Professors	850	$64,210
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	790	$76,750

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.