Music Education at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

What traits are you looking for in a music teacher education school? To help you decide if University of Washington - Seattle Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's music teacher education program.

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 48,149 students attend the school each year. Of the 283 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Washington - Seattle Campus in 2021, 11 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.

UW Seattle Music Education Degrees Available

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

UW Seattle Music Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music teacher education programs across the country. The following shows how UW Seattle performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music teacher education major at UW Seattle 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 Master’s Degree Schools	5
	11
Most Focused Music Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	19
Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Best Value Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	49
Most Popular Music Education Master’s Degree Schools	55
Most Popular Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in music teacher education from UW Seattle. This makes it the #55 most popular school for music teacher education master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in music teacher education, making the school the #20 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Teacher Education Student Demographics at UW Seattle

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

UW Seattle Music Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music Education from UW Seattle in 2020-2021, 45% were men and 55% 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 UW Seattle since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at UW Seattle are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Washington - Seattle Campus with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UW Seattle Music Education Master’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a master’s in music teacher education from UW Seattle in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in music teacher education each year. UW Seattle does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 25% 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 29% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UW Seattle 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

• English & Language Arts Education
• Modern Language Education
• Science Education
• Mathematics Education
• Social Studies 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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
Middle School Teachers	9,070	$65,630
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,930	$67,430
Education Professors	1,150	$72,280

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.