Music Education at Ohio Northern University

What traits are you looking for in a music teacher education school? To help you decide if Ohio Northern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's music teacher education program.

ONU is located in Ada, Ohio and approximately 2,817 students attend the school each year. Of the 21 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ohio Northern University in 2021, 5 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.

ONU Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

ONU Music Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music teacher education programs across the country. The following shows how ONU 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 ONU 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	94
Most Focused Music Education Schools	116
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	207
Most Popular Music Education Schools	242

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at ONU

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

ONU Music Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 music teacher education students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from ONU, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at ONU 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 Ohio Northern 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	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

ONU 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

• English & Language Arts Education
• Technology Education
• Art Education
• Social Studies 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 OH, the home state for Ohio Northern University.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
High School Teachers	52,240	$61,930
Middle School Teachers	32,080	$62,130
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	4,110	$84,160
Education Professors	3,080	$79,000

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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.