Music Therapy at Duquesne University

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

Duquesne is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 8,830 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 6 music therapy majors received their bachelor's degree from Duquesne.

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.

Duquesne Music Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy

Duquesne Music Therapy Rankings

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

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 Duquesne 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
	11
Best Value Music Therapy Schools	32
Most Popular Music Therapy Schools	40
Most Focused Music Therapy Schools	43

Music Therapy Student Demographics at Duquesne

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

Duquesne Music Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music Therapy from Duquesne in 2020-2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music therapy at Duquesne are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Duquesne University with a bachelor's in music therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy/Therapist

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 PA, the home state for Duquesne University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Therapists	140	$53,930

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 Alekjds under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.