2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Music Therapy

MUSIC THERAPY DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

It is fairly unique to find an American majoring in music therapy. On average, each subject confers roughly 6,156 four-year degrees a year; 471 people last spring were conferred bachelor's degrees in music therapy, making it the US' 287th most popular discipline for undergraduates. 43 of those students are now alumni of Berklee College of Music, which proudly has the biggest program in the nation. 76 of those alumni attended colleges in Pennsylvania.

62 schools around the country grant undergraduate degrees in music therapy; consequently, it can often be hard to pick the best program. Bachelor's degrees in music therapy are 67.7% less universally available than the average field, making it the 237th most universally offered US degree.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While 76% of last May's degrees in music therapy were bachelor's degrees; 24% were grad degrees. Music therapy is the 278th most popular postgrad degree in the US, with 152 degrees granted. For some context, the average subject is 18.3 times more popular among postgrad students than music therapy.

In Total, 623 students received a bachelor's or higher in music therapy last May.

ONLINE MUSIC THERAPY DEGREES

6 of those 623 students (1%) did all their learning online - 0 college students and 6 postgrad students. It is currently the 262nd most in-demand online grad degree, and 99% under the American average (616).

PARTIALLY ONLINE MUSIC THERAPY DEGREES

• Music therapy is the 272nd most pursued partially online undergraduate degree in the United States of America
• Music therapy is the 214th most broadly available partially online undergraduate degree across the nation
• Last May, 126 people received a bachelor's or higher in music therapy partially online
• Queens University of Charlotte​ conferred the most partially online undergraduate degrees in music therapy in the United States of America (7)
• Music therapy is the 251st most popular partially online grad degree in America
• 13.82% of all postgrad degrees in music therapy are done partially online

IN-PERSON MUSIC THERAPY DEGREES

• Music therapy is the 281st most popular in-person bachelor's degree in the USA
• Music therapy is the 293rd most widely available in-person four-year degree across the country
• Last year, 491 students earned a bachelor's or higher in music therapy in-person
• 2.78% of Berklee College of Music's​ last undergraduate class majored in music therapy in-person, higher than any other US institution
• 3/4 of in-person degrees in music therapy last spring were undergraduate degrees; 25% were graduate degrees
• The average major grants 1,836 postgraduate degrees a year in-person