Music Education at Appalachian State University

If you plan to study music education, take a look at what Appalachian State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Appalachian State is located in Boone, North Carolina and approximately 20,023 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 28 music teacher education majors received their bachelor's degree from Appalachian State.

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.

Appalachian State Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

Appalachian State Music Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music teacher education progam at Appalachian State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music teacher education major at Appalachian State 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	96
Best Value Music Education Schools	102
	213

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at Appalachian State

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

Appalachian State Music Education Bachelor’s Program

The music teacher education program at Appalachian State awarded 28 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going 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 Appalachian State since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at Appalachian State 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 Appalachian State University with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

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

Appalachian State also has a doctoral program available in music teacher education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
• Art Education
• English & Language Arts Education
• Physical Education Teaching & Coaching
• History 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 NC, the home state for Appalachian State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Middle School Teachers	18,640	$47,050
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,860	$66,640
Education Professors	2,500	$66,990

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 Clayhefner under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.