Music Education at University of the Pacific

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

Pacific is located in Stockton, California and has a total student population of 6,263.

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.

Pacific Music Education Degrees Available

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

Pacific Music Education Rankings

The music teacher education major at Pacific 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 Pacific

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

Pacific Music Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of music teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% 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 Pacific since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 the Pacific with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Pacific Music Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of music teacher education master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in music teacher education each year. Pacific does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 58% more men than average.

In the music teacher education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 27% better than the national average.*

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

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

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 the Pacific.

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 Thias under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.