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. Of the 36 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of the Pacific in 2021, 16 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.

Pacific Music Education Degrees Available

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

Pacific Music Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music teacher education progam at Pacific compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	13
	14
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Best Music Education Schools	39
	47
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
Best Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	54
Most Popular Music Education Schools	80
Most Focused Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	103
Most Popular Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	103
Most Focused Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	106
Most Focused Music Education Schools	113
Best Value Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	118
Best Value Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	272
Best Value Music Education Schools	312

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in music teacher education from Pacific. This is the #103 most popular school for music teacher education master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 16 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in music teacher education from Pacific in 2021, 69% were men and 31% 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 Pacific since its program graduates 27% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% 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	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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.

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	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Pacific 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

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.