Music Education at Five Towns College

If you plan to study music education, take a look at what Five Towns College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Five Towns College is located in Dix Hills, New York and has a total student population of 632. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in music teacher education from Five Towns College.

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.

Five Towns College Music Education Degrees Available

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

Five Towns College Music Education Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music teacher education major at Five Towns College 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Music Education Schools	6
Most Focused Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Music Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Focused Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Most Popular Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	81
Most Popular Music Education Schools	187
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	262

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

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in music teacher education, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at Five Towns College

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

Five Towns College Music Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in music teacher education from Five Towns College. About 100% were men and 0% 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 Five Towns College since its program graduates 58% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at Five Towns College are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music teacher education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Five Towns College 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	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Five Towns College Music Education Master’s Program

Of the 3 students who graduated with a master’s in music teacher education from Five Towns College in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a music teacher education master's degree from Five Towns College, 67% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the music teacher education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

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

Five Towns College also has a doctoral program available in music teacher education. In 2021, 1 students 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 NY, the home state for Five Towns 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.