Music Education at Northern Arizona University

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

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and has a total student population of 29,566. Of the 526 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University in 2021, 18 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.

NAU Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

NAU Music Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music teacher education progam at NAU 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 NAU 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 Schools	39
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	85
	131

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at NAU

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

NAU Music Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students earned a bachelor's degree in music teacher education from NAU. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at NAU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NAU 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

• Physics Education
• German Language Teacher Education
• Chemistry Education
• Health Education
• Biology 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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
High School Teachers	17,200	$48,610
Middle School Teachers	11,330	$43,560
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,770	$83,730
Education Professors	1,060	$79,120

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.