Music Therapy at Shenandoah University

What traits are you looking for in a music therapy school? To help you decide if Shenandoah University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's music therapy program.

Shenandoah is located in Winchester, Virginia and has a total student population of 4,174. In 2021, 16 music therapy majors received their bachelor's degree from Shenandoah.

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.

Shenandoah Music Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy
• Master’s Degree in Music Therapy

Shenandoah Music Therapy Rankings

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

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 Shenandoah 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
	1
Best Music Therapy Graduate Certificate Schools	1
Most Popular Music Therapy Graduate Certificate Schools	2
Best Value Music Therapy Graduate Certificate Schools	2
	3
Most Focused Music Therapy Schools	6
Most Focused Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	9
Best Music Therapy Schools	11
Most Popular Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	14
	15
Best Value Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in music therapy from Shenandoah. This makes it the #14 most popular school for music therapy master’s degree candidates in the country.

Music Therapy Student Demographics at Shenandoah

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

Shenandoah Music Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 16 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in music therapy from Shenandoah in 2021, 6% were men and 94% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music therapy at Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah 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	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Shenandoah Music Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of music therapy master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the music therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 45% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Shenandoah University with a master's in music therapy.

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

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

Related Majors

• Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
• 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 VA, the home state for Shenandoah University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Therapists	80	$67,610

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 Shenandoah Office of Marketing and Communications under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.