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Music Therapy at Sam Houston State University

If you are interested in studying music therapy, you may want to check out the program at Sam Houston State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and approximately 21,912 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students received a bachelor's degree in music therapy from SHSU.

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.

SHSU Music Therapy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy

SHSU Music Therapy Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music therapy major at SHSU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools 2
Most Popular Music Therapy Schools 4
Best Value Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools 11
Best Value Music Therapy Schools 16
Most Focused Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools 26
Most Focused Music Therapy Schools 31
46
Best Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools 46
Best Music Therapy Schools 48
50

Music Therapy Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Music Therapy Bachelor’s Program

96% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The music therapy program at SHSU awarded 26 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 4% of these degrees went to men with the other 96% going to women.

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About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music therapy at SHSU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Sam Houston State University with a bachelor's in music therapy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 17
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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

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 TX, the home state for Sam Houston State University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors 13,930 $139,540

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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