Music Education at Houghton College

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

Houghton is located in Houghton, New York and approximately 902 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 6 music teacher education majors received their bachelor's degree from Houghton.

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.

Houghton Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

Houghton Music Education Rankings

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

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 Houghton 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	19
Most Focused Music Education Schools	33
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	183
Most Popular Music Education Schools	217

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at Houghton

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

Houghton Music Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in music teacher education from Houghton in 2021, 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 Houghton since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at Houghton 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 Houghton 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	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Houghton 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 NY, the home state for Houghton 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
• Image Credit: By college under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.