Music Education at Ball State University

What traits are you looking for in a music teacher education school? To help you decide if Ball State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's music teacher education program.

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and approximately 21,597 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 22 music teacher education majors received their bachelor's degree from Ball 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.

Ball State Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

Ball State Music Education Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music teacher education major at Ball 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
	143
Best Value Music Education Schools	148
Most Focused Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	237

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at Ball State

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

Ball State Music Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 music teacher education majors earned their bachelor's degree from Ball State. Of these graduates, 64% were men and 36% were women. The typical music teacher education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Ball State since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at Ball 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 Ball State University with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

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

Ball 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

• Science Education
• Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
• Chemistry Education
• German Language Teacher Education
• Spanish 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 IN, the home state for Ball State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers	19,690	$53,030
Middle School Teachers	11,510	$52,690
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,030	$68,070
Education Professors	1,540	$70,110

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 Travisleehardin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.