Music Therapy at Southern Methodist University

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

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and has a total student population of 12,373. Of the 32 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University in 2021, 5 of them were music therapy majors.

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.

SMU Music Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy

SMU Music Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music therapy progam at SMU 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 SMU 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	20
Best Music Therapy Schools	22
Most Focused Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	26
Most Popular Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	26
	40
	42
Most Popular Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Most Popular Music Therapy Schools	47
Most Focused Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50
Best Value Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Most Focused Music Therapy Schools	55
Best Value Music Therapy Schools	57

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in music therapy from SMU. This is the #26 most popular school for music therapy master’s degree candidates in the country.

Music Therapy Student Demographics at SMU

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

SMU Music Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music Therapy from SMU in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music therapy at SMU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Southern Methodist University with a bachelor's in music therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SMU 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 TX, the home state for Southern Methodist 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.