2024 Best Colleges for Music Pedagogy

SUMMARY

Studying Music Pedagogy is not only a valuable choice, but typically a required first step for students intending to enter a career as a pedagogical researcher, a musical cognition researcher, or a music school dean. In fact, music pedagogy is a ​unique degree ranking as the 383rd most popular degree. Last academic year alone, there were 63 music pedagogy graduates. In-state tuition for music pedagogy at private universities is, on average, 1.6 times more costly than their public counterparts.

With only 31 colleges having programs for this degree there might be limited options as to the institutions that will have an option for you. If you are hoping to immerse yourself with other music pedagogy majors, consider schools in Michigan which have more undergraduates admitted to music pedagogy than any other state. More generally, the best region to get a degree in music pedagogy is in the Great Lakes region with Wheaton College, Michigan State University, and Cedarville University best representing the region. Interestingly, our pick of the top conference to major in music pedagogy is the Big Ten Conference with Michigan State University representing the conference. Based on our comprehensive list of the best colleges, our selection for the best university for music pedagogy is Michigan State University.

The best school might not actually be the 'best' school for every student. There can be a bunch more perspectives to consider when choosing college. Features like campus amenities, transportation services, and food could alter your inclinations on where to go to college. At authority.org, we evaluated the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you are interested in which music pedagogy college is home to the top campus, the winner is Michigan State University. If you are very interested in which college boasts the finest campus, we have a whole list dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through professor reviews, student reviews, government databases, and more to compare all U.S. majors in an unbiased and informative way. Here you can explore our comprehensive list for the schools with the best student life&nbspand our selection of the school with the best student life for music pedagogy is Michigan State University. Curious why? Continue reading to learn more about our top selections. Many of our conclusions will probably shock you.

If expense is a primary factor in your decisions, you might be cautious about Michigan State University. Michigan State University&nbspis our most expensive school for music pedagogy, at least for out of state attendance. We do have a list of the most expensive&nbspcolleges that could put the price tag at Michigan State University&nbspinto perspective. For more context, you might be interested to know that music pedagogy is the 194th most expensive program in the nation, with an average cost of $30,600. To zoom out a little, the most costly state for music pedagogy in the country is Michigan demonstrated with a tuition of $40,384 at the main school in the state Michigan State University. Even more broadly, the most expensive region for music pedagogy is unfortunately unavailable due to missing data.

Our cheapest region for music pedagogy is the Southeast region which is represented by Liberty University with a cost of $15,417. On the bright side, the most affordable college for music pedagogy is Liberty University. Authority's entire list of the most affordable schools can be found here.

In-state attendees can expect to pay about $14,500 for a degree in music pedagogy. That price inflates a bit to an average of $39,800 for the out-of-state public-school undergraduate. Our pick for the school representing the best value for music pedagogy: Michigan State University. Through this link you can find our comprehensive list on the schools we believe to be the best value&nbspoverall. With that said, this section is based on being an out-of-state student. A discussion of value changes when in-state tuition is considered, but we do not know in which states any one student has residency.

Earnings for music pedagogy students differ widely, but two-years after completing the major graduates will regularly earn in the neighborhood of $53,800. There is a lot of variation in earnings potential; top earners can enjoy pay up to $104,900. Even straight out of university, the minimum earning positions within the music pedagogy field make $28,000, which could be worse. The top earning grads for music pedagogy come from Michigan State University&nbspand if you want to find the colleges with all of the highest earning graduates, we have that too.

The general diversity of music pedagogy ranks subpar, being in only the 11th percentile of all programs. The college with the highest composite diversity for music pedagogy is Liberty University&nbspand here you can find our general list of the universities which have the most diversity. The financial diversity of the Music Pedagogy major is only in the 17th percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is even less in the 6th percentile. White students make up the largest share, 82%, of students majoring in music pedagogy. Additionally, 59% of students seeking a music pedagogy major are women.

We have insufficient professors data for music pedagogy to make the conclusions we normally would have made in this sentence. As we incorporate data other than just rankings it becomes clear that the school with comprehensively the best professors for music pedagogy is Michigan State University. One will find more detail on our evolving ranking methodology for the best overall professors here, along with some of the top professors in the country.

Finally, the hardest university to get into for music pedagogy is Liberty University. While we think of this list more as a novelty, we have an extensive list of the hardest colleges to get into. That being said, here at Authority we do hope you understand that approaching the higher education world with a lens only built on superlatives could cause problems. We at Authority encourage you to read our more focused pages on individual topics and explore a few of our helpful background 'blog posts' on important things to consider as your college search continues.