Music Education at Oklahoma City University

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

OCU is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and approximately 2,617 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 music teacher education majors received their bachelor's degree from OCU.

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.

OCU Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

OCU Music Education Rankings

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

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 OCU 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	77
Most Focused Music Education Schools	93
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	144
Most Popular Music Education Schools	173
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	310
Best Value Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	317
Best Music Education Schools	334
	349
Best Value Music Education Schools	351
	381

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at OCU

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

OCU Music Education Bachelor’s Program

The music teacher education program at OCU awarded 8 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at OCU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Oklahoma City 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	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

OCU 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
• Biology Education
• Drama & Dance 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 OK, the home state for Oklahoma City University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
High School Teachers	11,400	$42,540
Middle School Teachers	7,560	$41,660
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	810	$54,850
Education Professors	540	$53,270

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 Matthew Rutledge under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.