Music Education at Castleton University

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 Castleton University stacks up to those at other schools.

Castleton is located in Castleton, Vermont and approximately 2,211 students attend the school each year. Of the 5 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Castleton University in 2021, 5 of them were music education majors.

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.

Castleton Music Education Degrees Available

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

Castleton Music Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music teacher education programs across the country. The following shows how Castleton performed in these rankings.

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 Castleton 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
Most Focused Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	25
Most Focused Music Education Schools	44
Most Focused Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62
Most Popular Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	81
Most Popular Music Education Schools	173
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	207

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in music teacher education from Castleton. This makes it the #81 most popular school for music teacher education master’s degree candidates in the country.

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at Castleton

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

Castleton Music Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music Education from Castleton in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at Castleton 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 Castleton University 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	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Castleton Music Education Master’s Program

Of the 3 students who earned a master's degree in Music Education from Castleton in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a music teacher education master's degree from Castleton, 67% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Castleton University 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	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Castleton 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

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 VT, the home state for Castleton University.

Occupation	Jobs in VT	Average Salary in VT
High School Teachers	2,130	$65,850
Middle School Teachers	1,120	$59,170

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 Jared C. Benedict under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.