Music Education at University of South Dakota

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and has a total student population of 9,459.

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.

USD Music Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

USD Music Education Rankings

The music teacher education major at USD 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.

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Music Education Bachelor’s Program

50% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went 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 USD since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 South Dakota with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

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

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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
High School Teachers	3,520	$42,960
Middle School Teachers	1,940	$43,860
Education Professors	240	$69,240
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	190	$64,020

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
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