Music Education at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 28 music teacher education majors received their bachelor's degree from UIUC.

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.

UIUC Music Education Degrees Available

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

UIUC Music Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music teacher education progam at UIUC 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 UIUC 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
	33
Best Music Education Schools	37
	67
	94
Best Value Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	137
Best Value Music Education Schools	162
Most Focused Music Education Schools	321
Most Focused Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	327

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in music teacher education from UIUC. This makes it the #34 most popular school for music teacher education master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in music teacher education, making the school the #20 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Music Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students earned a bachelor's degree in music teacher education from UIUC. About 61% of these graduates were women and the other 39% were men.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at UIUC are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UIUC Music Education Master’s Program

Of the 11 music teacher education students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UIUC, about 27% were men and 73% were women.

Of the students who received a music teacher education master's degree from UIUC, 82% 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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UIUC 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

• Chemistry Education
• Technical Teacher Education
• Mathematics Education
• Spanish Education
• Art Education

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Middle School Teachers	22,320	$63,860
Education Professors	4,510	$62,280
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,940	$68,360

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.