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Music Education at Western Michigan University

Music Education at Western Michigan University

If you are interested in studying music education, you may want to check out the program at Western Michigan University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and approximately 19,887 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.

WMU Music Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music Teacher Education

WMU Music Education Rankings

The music teacher education major at WMU 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 WMU

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

WMU Music Education Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of music teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music teacher education at WMU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 21
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
High School Teachers 24,130 $62,950
Middle School Teachers 12,750 $64,540
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 2,710 $76,250
Education Professors 1,130 $76,650

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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