Music Therapy at University of the Pacific

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

Pacific is located in Stockton, California and has a total student population of 6,263.

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.

Pacific Music Therapy Degrees Available

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

Pacific Music Therapy Rankings

The music therapy major at Pacific 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.

Music Therapy Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific Music Therapy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of music therapy bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical music therapy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 11% men. So male students are more repesented at Pacific since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music therapy at Pacific are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 University of the Pacific with a bachelor's in music therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Pacific Music Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of music therapy master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 11% men graduate in music therapy each year. Pacific does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 49% more men than average.

In the music therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 29% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• 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 CA, the home state for University of the Pacific.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Therapists	730	$63,060

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 Thias under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.