Music Education at University of North Dakota

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

UND is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota and approximately 13,615 students attend the school each year. Of the 115 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Dakota in 2021, 8 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.

UND Music Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

UND Music Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music teacher education progam at UND 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 UND 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	118
	167
Most Focused Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	290

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at UND

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

UND Music Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 music teacher education majors earned their bachelor's degree from UND. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 63% were women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at UND 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 North Dakota 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	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UND 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

• Modern Language Education
• Science Education
• Social Studies Education
• Reading Teacher 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 ND, the home state for University of North Dakota.

Occupation	Jobs in ND	Average Salary in ND
High School Teachers	2,830	$55,400
Middle School Teachers	1,240	$60,900
Education Professors	260	$72,790
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	180	$64,430

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 MatthewUND under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.