Music Therapy at Mercyhurst University

Every music therapy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music therapy program at Mercyhurst University stacks up to those at other schools.

Mercyhurst is located in Erie, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,790. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in music therapy from Mercyhurst.

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.

Mercyhurst Music Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy

Mercyhurst Music Therapy Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music therapy major at Mercyhurst 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	30
	32
Most Focused Music Therapy Schools	34
Best Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
Best Music Therapy Schools	38
Best Value Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49
Most Popular Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49
Most Popular Music Therapy Schools	52

Music Therapy Student Demographics at Mercyhurst

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

Mercyhurst Music Therapy Bachelor’s Program

The music therapy program at Mercyhurst awarded 3 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music therapy at Mercyhurst 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 Mercyhurst University with a bachelor's in music therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Art Therapy

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 Mercyhurst 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.