Music Education at Houston Baptist University

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

HBU is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 3,963 students attend the school each year. Of the 22 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Houston Baptist University in 2021, 2 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.

HBU Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

HBU Music Education Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music teacher education major at HBU 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
	229
	235
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	305
Best Value Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	329
Best Music Education Schools	329
Most Popular Music Education Schools	340
Most Focused Music Education Schools	355
Best Value Music Education Schools	364

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at HBU

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

HBU Music Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students earned a bachelor's degree in music teacher education from HBU. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 Houston Baptist 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	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

HBU 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

• Art Education
• English & Language Arts Education
• Physical Education Teaching & Coaching
• Science Education
• Mathematics 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 TX, the home state for Houston Baptist University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Middle School Teachers	66,470	$56,580
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,240	$71,520
Education Professors	4,620	$65,520

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 LUSportsFan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.