Music Education at University of California - Los Angeles

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

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589. Of the 11 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Los Angeles 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.

UCLA Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

UCLA Music Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music teacher education progam at UCLA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music teacher education major at UCLA 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	102
Best Music Education Schools	103
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	123
Most Popular Music Education Schools	154
	237
	244
Best Value Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	269
Best Value Music Education Schools	305
Most Focused Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	413
Most Focused Music Education Schools	451

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA Music Education Bachelor’s Program

The music teacher education program at UCLA awarded 9 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 56% of these degrees went to men with the other 44% going to women. The typical music teacher education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UCLA since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 University of California - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

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

UCLA 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Los Angeles.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.