Music Therapy at Berklee College of Music

What traits are you looking for in a music therapy school? To help you decide if Berklee College of Music is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's music therapy program.

Berklee College of Music is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,631 students attend the school each year. Of the 31 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Berklee College of Music in 2021, 31 of them were music therapy majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Music Therapy section at the bottom of this page.

Berklee College of Music Music Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy

Berklee College of Music Music Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music therapy progam at Berklee College of Music compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music therapy major at Berklee College of Music is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music Therapy. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Popular Music Therapy Schools	2
Most Focused Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Music Therapy Schools	5
Most Popular Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	26
Most Focused Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	26

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in music therapy from Berklee College of Music. This is the #26 most popular school for music therapy master’s degree candidates in the country.

Music Therapy Student Demographics at Berklee College of Music

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music therapy majors at Berklee College of Music.

Berklee College of Music Music Therapy Bachelor’s Program

The music therapy program at Berklee College of Music awarded 31 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 26% of these degrees went to men with the other 74% going to women. The typical music therapy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% men. So male students are more repesented at Berklee College of Music since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music therapy bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Berklee College of Music with a bachelor's in music therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Berklee College of Music also has a doctoral program available in music therapy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Music Therapy Grads May Go Into

A degree in music therapy can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Berklee College of Music.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Health Specialties Professors	3,460	$111,230
Therapists	480	$76,860

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Walters-Storyk Design Group under License

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