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Music Education at San Jose State University

Music Education at San Jose State University

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

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and approximately 36,208 students attend the school each year.

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.

San Jose State Music Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

San Jose State Music Education Rankings

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Music Education Master’s Program

60% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of music teacher education master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

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Of the students who received a music teacher education master's degree from San Jose State, 80% 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 San Jose State University with a master's in music teacher education.

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

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 CA, the home state for San Jose State University.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Middle School Teachers 46,500 $75,660
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 9,710 $115,460
Education Professors 3,380 $84,160

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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