Music Education at Florida Atlantic University

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

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and has a total student population of 30,805. In 2021, 7 music teacher education majors received their bachelor's degree from FAU.

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.

FAU Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

FAU Music Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music teacher education programs across the country. The following shows how FAU 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 FAU 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
	41
Best Value Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
Best Value Music Education Schools	67
Most Focused Music Education Schools	437

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at FAU

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

FAU Music Education Bachelor’s Program

The music teacher education program at FAU awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 29% of these degrees went to men with the other 71% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

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

FAU 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

• Science Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Mathematics Education
• English & Language Arts Education
• Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas

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 FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
High School Teachers	47,960	$54,120
Middle School Teachers	30,110	$53,140
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,520	$72,670
Education Professors	1,770	$74,190

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 Kmgcoolguy4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.