Music Education at Emporia State University

If you are interested in studying music education, you may want to check out the program at Emporia State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

ESU is located in Emporia, Kansas and has a total student population of 5,828. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in music teacher education from ESU.

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.

ESU Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

ESU Music Education Rankings

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

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 ESU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Best Value Music Education Schools	17
Best Music Education Schools	32
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
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Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at ESU

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

ESU Music Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in music teacher education from ESU in 2021, 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 ESU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at ESU 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 Emporia 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	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ESU 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

• Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education
• Chemistry Education
• Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
• Biology Education
• Earth Science Teacher 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 KS, the home state for Emporia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
High School Teachers	11,660	$51,490
Middle School Teachers	6,480	$51,790
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	590	$66,450
Education Professors	350	$68,730

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 Ethan James Scherrer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.