Music Education at Hunter College

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 Hunter College stacks up to those at other schools.

Hunter is located in New York, New York and approximately 24,052 students attend the school each year.

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.

Hunter Music Education Degrees Available

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

Hunter Music Education Rankings

The music teacher education major at Hunter 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 Hunter

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

Hunter Music Education Bachelor’s Program

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

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hunter College 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

Hunter Music Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of music teacher education master's degrees went to men and 28% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in music teacher education each year. Hunter does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 31% more men than average.

Of the students who received a music teacher education master's degree from Hunter, 72% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hunter College with a master's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• French Language Teacher Education
• Physics Education
• Spanish Education
• Latin Teacher Education
• Biology 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 NY, the home state for Hunter College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Middle School Teachers	39,950	$83,490
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	11,530	$99,870
Education Professors	5,590	$88,580

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.