Music Education at Oakland University

Every music education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music teacher education program at Oakland University stacks up to those at other schools.

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and approximately 18,552 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in music teacher education from Oakland.

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.

Oakland Music Education Degrees Available

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

Oakland Music Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music teacher education progam at Oakland compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Oakland 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 Popular Music Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	19
	59
Best Value Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	74
Most Popular Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	92
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94
Most Popular Music Education Schools	109
Most Focused Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	110
Best Value Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	157
Best Value Music Education Schools	188
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	235
	242
Best Music Education Schools	248
Most Focused Music Education Schools	303

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in music teacher education from Oakland. This makes it the #92 most popular school for music teacher education master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in music teacher education, making the school the #20 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Music Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 music teacher education students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Oakland, about 18% were men and 82% were women.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at Oakland 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 Oakland 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	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Oakland Music Education Master’s Program

Of the 2 music teacher education students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Oakland, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a music teacher education master's degree from Oakland, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Oakland University with a master'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

Oakland 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

• Reading 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 MI, the home state for Oakland University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
High School Teachers	24,130	$62,950
Middle School Teachers	12,750	$64,540
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,710	$76,250
Education Professors	1,130	$76,650

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 Brian Gingrich under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.