Music Education at Ohio Wesleyan University

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

OWU is located in Delaware, Ohio and approximately 1,426 students attend the school each year. Of the 15 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 2021, 2 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.

OWU Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

OWU Music Education Rankings

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

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 OWU 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	150
Most Focused Music Education Schools	177
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	301
Most Popular Music Education Schools	340

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at OWU

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

OWU Music Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in music teacher education from OWU. About 50% were men and 50% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at OWU 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 Wesleyan 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

OWU 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

• Art Education
• History 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 Wesleyan 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 Phillip M Kukelhan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.