Music Therapy at Seattle Pacific 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 Seattle Pacific University stacks up to those at other schools.

SPU is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 3,601 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in music therapy from SPU.

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.

SPU Music Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy

SPU Music Therapy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music therapy programs across the country. The following shows how SPU performed in these rankings.

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 SPU 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
	9
Best Music Therapy Schools	9
Best Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
	13
Most Popular Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
Most Focused Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Most Focused Music Therapy Schools	19
Most Popular Music Therapy Schools	22
Best Value Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Best Value Music Therapy Schools	34

Music Therapy Student Demographics at SPU

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

SPU Music Therapy Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in music therapy from SPU. About 20% were men and 80% were women. The typical music therapy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% men. So male students are more repesented at SPU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music therapy at SPU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Seattle 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	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SPU 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 WA, the home state for Seattle Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Health Specialties Professors	3,470	$155,090
Therapists	70	$70,260

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 Westlake78 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.