Music Therapy at Pacific University

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

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and has a total student population of 3,808. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in music therapy from Pacific.

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.

Pacific Music Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy

Pacific Music Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music therapy progam at Pacific 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 Pacific 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
Best Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
	7
	8
Most Focused Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20
Most Focused Music Therapy Schools	21
Best Value Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38

Music Therapy Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific Music Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music Therapy from Pacific in 2020-2021, 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 Pacific since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music therapy at Pacific are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pacific 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	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Pacific 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 OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Health Specialties Professors	3,660	$145,380
Therapists	200	$55,260

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.