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Music Education at Western Connecticut State University

Music Education at Western Connecticut State University

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

WestConn is located in Danbury, Connecticut and approximately 5,246 students attend the school each year.

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.

WestConn Music Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

WestConn Music Education Rankings

The music teacher education major at WestConn 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 WestConn

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

WestConn Music Education Bachelor’s Program

53% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 47% of music teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% 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 WestConn since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at WestConn are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Western Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in music teacher education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 CT, the home state for Western Connecticut State University.

Occupation Jobs in CT Average Salary in CT
High School Teachers 15,410 $76,980
Middle School Teachers 8,480 $76,130
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 1,090 $93,250
Education Professors 660 $84,030

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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