Music Education at University of the Cumberlands

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

Cumberlands is located in Williamsburg, Kentucky and has a total student population of 19,110.

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.

Cumberlands Music Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Cumberlands

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Cumberlands offers distance education options for music teacher education at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Cumberlands Music Education Rankings

The music teacher education major at Cumberlands 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 Cumberlands

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

Cumberlands Music Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of music teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of the Cumberlands 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	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Cumberlands 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. Cumberlands does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of the Cumberlands 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	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching & Coaching
• Art Education
• Social Studies Education
• 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 KY, the home state for University of the Cumberlands.

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 Ichabod under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.