Music Therapy at Charleston Southern University

If you plan to study music therapy, take a look at what Charleston Southern University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSU is located in Charleston, South Carolina and has a total student population of 3,350. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in music therapy from CSU.

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.

CSU Music Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy

CSU Music Therapy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music therapy programs across the country. The following shows how CSU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music therapy major at CSU 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 Focused Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Focused Music Therapy Schools	11
Most Popular Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
Most Popular Music Therapy Schools	30
Best Value Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
	43
Best Value Music Therapy Schools	46
	46
Best Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Best Music Therapy Schools	52

Music Therapy Student Demographics at CSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music therapy majors at Charleston Southern University.

CSU Music Therapy Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in music therapy from CSU. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music therapy at CSU 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 Charleston Southern University with a bachelor's in music therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CSU 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 SC, the home state for Charleston Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Health Specialties Professors	2,980	$72,470

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 CharlestonSouthern under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.