Music Education at Rider University

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

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and approximately 4,636 students attend the school each year. Of the 116 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rider University in 2021, 27 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.

Rider Music Education Degrees Available

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

Rider Music Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music teacher education progam at Rider 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 Rider 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 Basic Certificate Schools	2
	9
	10
Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	11
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Most Focused Music Education Graduate Certificate Schools	16
Most Focused Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	22
Most Popular Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	30

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in music teacher education from Rider. This makes it the #30 most popular school for music teacher education master’s degree candidates in the country.

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at Rider

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

Rider Music Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 music teacher education students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Rider, about 30% were men and 70% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at Rider 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 Rider University with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Rider Music Education Master’s Program

Of the 12 music teacher education students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Rider, about 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a music teacher education master's degree from Rider, 83% 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 Rider University with a master'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	1

Rider 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

• Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education
• Science Education
• Drama & Dance Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• English & Language Arts 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 NJ, the home state for Rider University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
High School Teachers	29,140	$76,390
Middle School Teachers	24,980	$72,290
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,070	$90,750
Education Professors	1,400	$88,870

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 Magneticcarpet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.