Music Education at Northwest Nazarene University

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

NNU is located in Nampa, Idaho and has a total student population of 2,109. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in music teacher education from NNU.

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.

NNU Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

NNU Music Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music teacher education major at NNU 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
Most Focused Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	234
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	243
	269
Most Focused Music Education Schools	278
	281
Best Value Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	291
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	301
Best Value Music Education Schools	326
Most Popular Music Education Schools	340

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at NNU

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

NNU Music Education Bachelor’s Program

The music teacher education program at NNU awarded 2 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at NNU 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 Northwest Nazarene University with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

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

NNU 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

• History Education
• English & Language Arts Education
• Physical Education Teaching & Coaching
• Biology Education
• Mathematics 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 ID, the home state for Northwest Nazarene University.

Occupation	Jobs in ID	Average Salary in ID
High School Teachers	5,210	$51,170
Middle School Teachers	2,530	$53,660
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	310	$64,450
Education Professors	160	$72,420

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 Moonraker0022 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.