Music Education at Samford University

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

Samford is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 5,729 students attend the school each year. Of the 51 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Samford University in 2021, 9 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.

Samford Music Education Degrees Available

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

Samford Music Education Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music teacher education major at Samford 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
Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	55
Best Value Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	58
	73
Most Focused Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	100
Most Popular Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	103
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	123
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	139
Most Popular Music Education Schools	140
Best Music Education Schools	148
Most Focused Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	160
Most Focused Music Education Schools	162
	184
	196
Best Value Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	212
Best Value Music Education Schools	231

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in music teacher education from Samford. This is the #103 most popular school for music teacher education master’s degree candidates in the country.

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at Samford

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

Samford Music Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music Education from Samford in 2020-2021, 44% were men and 56% were women. The typical music teacher education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Samford since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at Samford are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Samford 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	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Samford Music Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 music teacher education major earned their master's degree from Samford.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Samford University with a master's in music teacher education.

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

Samford 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

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 AL, the home state for Samford University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
High School Teachers	16,270	$51,180
Middle School Teachers	10,010	$50,210
Education Professors	880	$72,430
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	730	$65,560

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 Sweetmoose6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.