Music Education at Kansas State University

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 Kansas State University stacks up to those at other schools.

K -State is located in Manhattan, Kansas and approximately 20,854 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in music teacher education from K -State.

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.

K -State Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

K -State Music Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music teacher education progam at K -State 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 K -State 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 Popular Music Education Basic Certificate Schools	2
Most Focused Music Education Basic Certificate Schools	2
Best Value Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	112
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	113
	124

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at K -State

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

K -State Music Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of music teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at K -State 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 Kansas State University with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

K -State 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
• Agricultural Teacher 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 KS, the home state for Kansas State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
High School Teachers	11,660	$51,490
Middle School Teachers	6,480	$51,790
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	590	$66,450
Education Professors	350	$68,730

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 Kzollman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.