Music Education at Southern Methodist University

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

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and has a total student population of 12,373. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in music teacher education from SMU.

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.

SMU Music Education Degrees Available

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

SMU Music Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music teacher education programs across the country. The following shows how SMU 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 SMU 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 Master’s Degree Schools	46
Most Focused Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	56
Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	80
Most Popular Music Education Schools	95
Best Value Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	112
	115
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	156
Most Focused Music Education Schools	264
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	268
Best Music Education Schools	286
Most Focused Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	343
	346
Best Value Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	357
Best Value Music Education Schools	375
	377

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in music teacher education from SMU. This makes it the #46 most popular school for music teacher education master’s degree candidates in the country.

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at SMU

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

SMU Music Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music Education from SMU in 2020-2021, 43% were men and 57% 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 SMU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 Southern Methodist University with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SMU Music Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a master's degree in music teacher education from SMU. About 25% of these graduates were women and the other 75% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in music teacher education each year. SMU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 33% more men than average.

Of the students who received a music teacher education master's degree from SMU, 75% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the music teacher education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SMU 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 TX, the home state for Southern Methodist University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Middle School Teachers	66,470	$56,580
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,240	$71,520
Education Professors	4,620	$65,520

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.