Music Education at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and approximately 52,775 students attend the school each year. Of the 91 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New York University in 2021, 7 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.

NYU Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education
• Master’s Degree in Music Teacher Education
• Doctorate Degree in Music Teacher Education

NYU Music Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music teacher education programs across the country. The following shows how NYU performed in these rankings.

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 NYU 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
	1
Most Popular Music Education Graduate Certificate Schools	1
Best Music Education Graduate Certificate Schools	2
	3
	5
Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	9
Most Popular Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	10
Best Value Music Education Graduate Certificate Schools	10
Most Popular Music Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Focused Music Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	18
Best Music Education Schools	43
Best Value Music Education Schools	212
Most Focused Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	422

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in music teacher education from NYU. This makes it the #10 most popular school for music teacher education master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in music teacher education, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Music Education Bachelor’s Program

The music teacher education program at NYU awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 29% of these degrees went to men with the other 71% going to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at NYU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 New York University with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NYU Music Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students graduated with a master's degree in music teacher education from NYU. About 18% were men and 82% were women.

In the music teacher education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New York University with a master's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NYU also has a doctoral program available in music teacher education. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• French Language Teacher Education
• Spanish Education
• Modern Language Education
• Mathematics Education
• Social Studies 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 NY, the home state for New York University.

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.