Music Education at DePaul University

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

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 21,922 students attend the school each year. Of the 106 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from DePaul University in 2021, 7 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.

DePaul Music Education Degrees Available

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

DePaul Music Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music teacher education major at DePaul 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 Value Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	40
	69
Most Focused Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	95
Best Music Education Schools	152
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	156
Best Value Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	277
Most Focused Music Education Schools	372

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in music teacher education from DePaul. This makes it the #72 most popular school for music teacher education master’s degree candidates in the country.

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at DePaul

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

DePaul Music Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 music teacher education students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from DePaul, about 43% were men and 57% 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 DePaul since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

DePaul Music Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a master's degree in music teacher education from DePaul. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in music teacher education each year. DePaul does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

In the music teacher education 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 DePaul University with a master's in music teacher education.

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

DePaul 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

• Chemistry Education
• German Language Teacher Education
• Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
• Spanish Education
• Art 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 IL, the home state for DePaul University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Middle School Teachers	22,320	$63,860
Education Professors	4,510	$62,280
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,940	$68,360

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 Just under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.