Music Education at North Central College

If you are interested in studying music education, you may want to check out the program at North Central College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

North Central is located in Naperville, Illinois and approximately 2,832 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 9 music teacher education majors received their bachelor's degree from North Central.

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.

North Central Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

North Central Music Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music teacher education programs across the country. The following shows how North Central 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 North Central 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
	43
	46
Best Music Education Schools	51
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
Most Focused Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	73
Most Focused Music Education Schools	90
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	123
Most Popular Music Education Schools	154
Best Value Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	203
Best Value Music Education Schools	237

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at North Central

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

North Central Music Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in music teacher education from North Central in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at North Central 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 North Central College 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	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

North Central 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
• Spanish Education
• Mathematics Education
• English & Language Arts Education
• Social Science 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 IL, the home state for North Central College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Middle School Teachers	22,320	$63,860
Education Professors	4,510	$62,280
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,940	$68,360

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 Quadrahex under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.