Music Education
Music Education Degree
The job opportunities for a career musician go to those who may have a bachelor's degree, play a variety of instruments, and have a wide range of styles in their repertoires. Many private and public universities across the United States offer associate's and bachelor's degree programs in music. Some universities also offer master's and doctoral degrees. If you want a job teaching music at a college or university, you must hold an advanced degree. In order to teach music at a public elementary or secondary school, you may need a degree in music education. Typical college courses include music theory, interpretation, composition, and conducting.
Making It in the Music Business
Music career options range from musician, singer, director, composer, and teacher to arranger (and, of course, rock star). For a steady, full-time job, look for positions with a symphony orchestra or a television and film production company.
Featured Music Education Schools
Learning at Full Sail University has always centered around interaction and the exchange of ideas. Our online curriculum fully embraces this philosophy.
- Online
With more than 160 fully accredited programs of study, Liberty University Online offers degrees from the certificate to the postgraduate level.
- Online
- MA in Worship Studies - Ethnomusicology
- MA Worship - Ethnomusicology
Academy of Art University, founded in 1929 by artists for artists, is the nation's largest accredited, private art and design university with over 18,000 students.
- San Francisco
With an Art Institutes education, imagine what you could create.
- San Francisco
- Santa Monica
- San Diego
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- Audio Production (BS)
Your Future, Your Way
Pursue what's next without putting your career and personal life on hold. In a master's degree program from Rutgers Online, you'll enjoy all the advantages of an on-campus education – same small classes, same one-on-one attention, same world-renowned professors – plus the convenience and flexibility of learning from anywhere, anytime.
- Online
- Master of Music in Music Education
There's never been a better time to pursue your dream of a career in sound, animation, film making, games, or design. At Ex'pression College for Digital Arts, you can learn the skills required to work in film and television, video games, mobile applications and technology, advertising, and more. These dynamic industries need the next generation of creative talent; we train aspiring students to enter these industries.
- Emeryville
- San Jose
- Sound Arts
- Interactive Audio
