Music Education at Northeastern State University

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

NSU is located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and approximately 7,349 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 7 music teacher education majors received their bachelor's degree from NSU.

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.

NSU Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

NSU Music Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music teacher education progam at NSU 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 NSU 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
Best Value Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	69
Best Value Music Education Schools	80
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	156
Most Popular Music Education Schools	187
	188
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	239

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at NSU

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

NSU Music Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 music teacher education majors earned their bachelor's degree from NSU. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical music teacher education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at NSU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 Northeastern 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	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

NSU 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

• Social Studies Education
• Mathematics Education
• Physical Education Teaching & Coaching
• English & Language Arts Education
• Science 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 OK, the home state for Northeastern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
High School Teachers	11,400	$42,540
Middle School Teachers	7,560	$41,660
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	810	$54,850
Education Professors	540	$53,270

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 CPacker under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.