Music Education at Mercer University

What traits are you looking for in a music teacher education school? To help you decide if Mercer University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's music teacher education program.

Mercer is located in Macon, Georgia and approximately 9,006 students attend the school each year. Of the 66 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mercer University 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.

Mercer Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

Mercer Music Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music teacher education progam at Mercer 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 Mercer 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
	262
Best Music Education Schools	285
Most Popular Music Education Schools	298
Best Value Music Education Schools	299
Most Focused Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	385

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at Mercer

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

Mercer Music Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of music teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical music teacher education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Mercer since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% 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 Mercer University with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Mercer 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 GA, the home state for Mercer University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Middle School Teachers	24,530	$58,190
Education Professors	1,530	$83,270
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,390	$66,740

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 Korea2006 under License

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