Music Education at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 music teacher education majors received their bachelor's degree from Iowa.

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.

Iowa Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

Iowa Music Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music teacher education progam at Iowa 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 Iowa 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	80
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94
	192
Most Focused Music Education Schools	413

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Music Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 music teacher education majors earned their bachelor's degree from Iowa. Of these graduates, 64% were men and 36% 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 Iowa since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at Iowa are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Iowa 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

• Reading Teacher Education
• Art Education
• Modern Language Education
• Mathematics Education
• Science 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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

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 KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.