Music Education at Simpson College

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

Simpson College is located in Indianola, Iowa and approximately 1,267 students attend the school each year. Of the 20 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Simpson College in 2021, 3 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.

Simpson College Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

Simpson College Music Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music teacher education programs across the country. The following shows how Simpson College 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 Simpson College 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 Schools	90
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90
Most Focused Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	91
Most Focused Music Education Schools	112
	158
	160
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	262
Best Value Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	268
Most Popular Music Education Schools	298
Best Value Music Education Schools	304

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at Simpson College

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

Simpson College Music Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in music teacher education from Simpson College in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at Simpson College are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Simpson College with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

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

Simpson College 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

• Physical Education Teaching & Coaching

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 IA, the home state for Simpson College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers	13,010	$56,510
Middle School Teachers	7,940	$55,300
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,110	$80,700
Education Professors	760	$75,060

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 GrandpaDave under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.