Music Therapy at Montclair State University

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

Montclair State is located in Montclair, New Jersey and approximately 21,005 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 6 music therapy majors received their bachelor's degree from Montclair State.

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.

Montclair State Music Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy

Montclair State Music Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music therapy progam at Montclair State 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 Montclair State 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	5
Most Focused Music Therapy Graduate Certificate Schools	5
Best Value Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Value Music Therapy Schools	17
Best Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Best Music Therapy Schools	33
	35
Most Popular Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
	37
Most Popular Music Therapy Schools	40
Most Focused Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Most Focused Music Therapy Schools	56

Music Therapy Student Demographics at Montclair State

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

Montclair State Music Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 music therapy students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Montclair State, about 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical music therapy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% men. So male students are more repesented at Montclair State since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Montclair State 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	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Montclair State 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 NJ, the home state for Montclair State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Health Specialties Professors	4,420	$109,190

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 Yurinator180 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.