Music Education at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

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

OSU is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and approximately 24,535 students attend the school each year. Of the 185 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma State University - Main Campus in 2021, 23 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.

OSU Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

OSU Music Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music teacher education programs across the country. The following shows how OSU 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 OSU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
	32
	34
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59
Best Value Music Education Schools	96

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at OSU

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

OSU Music Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 23 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music Education from OSU in 2020-2021, 30% were men and 70% were women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at OSU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

OSU 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

• School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist
• Physical Education Teaching & Coaching
• Technical Teacher Education
• Agricultural 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 OK, the home state for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus.

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 DBinfo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.