Music Education at Eastern Washington 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 Eastern Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and approximately 12,349 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in music teacher education from EWU.

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.

EWU Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

EWU Music Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music teacher education programs across the country. The following shows how EWU 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 EWU 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
	77
	78
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	87
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	234
Most Popular Music Education Schools	267
Most Focused Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	368
Most Focused Music Education Schools	407

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at EWU

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

EWU Music Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 music teacher education majors earned their bachelor's degree from EWU. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% 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 EWU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at EWU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Washington 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	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

EWU 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

• Biology Education
• Spanish Education
• Chemistry Education
• Science Education
• Social Studies 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 WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
Middle School Teachers	9,070	$65,630
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,930	$67,430
Education Professors	1,150	$72,280

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 Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.