Music Education at Gettysburg College

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 Gettysburg College stacks up to those at other schools.

Gettysburg is located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,507 students attend the school each year. Of the 3 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Gettysburg College in 2021, 3 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.

Gettysburg Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

Gettysburg Music Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music teacher education programs across the country. The following shows how Gettysburg 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 Gettysburg 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	190
Most Focused Music Education Schools	221
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	262
Most Popular Music Education Schools	298

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at Gettysburg

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

Gettysburg Music Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 music teacher education majors earned their bachelor's degree from Gettysburg. Of these graduates, 67% were men and 33% 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 Gettysburg since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at Gettysburg are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Gettysburg College 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	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Gettysburg 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

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 PA, the home state for Gettysburg College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Middle School Teachers	21,640	$67,950
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	5,050	$80,740
Education Professors	2,690	$70,990

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 Jason Kowell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.