Music Therapy at University of Dayton

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

UDayton is located in Dayton, Ohio and has a total student population of 11,650. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in music therapy from UDayton.

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.

UDayton Music Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy

UDayton Music Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music therapy progam at UDayton 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 UDayton 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	37
Most Popular Music Therapy Schools	40
Most Focused Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
Most Focused Music Therapy Schools	48
Best Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51
Best Value Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	54
Best Music Therapy Schools	55
	55
Best Value Music Therapy Schools	58
	59

Music Therapy Student Demographics at UDayton

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

UDayton Music Therapy Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a bachelor's degree in music therapy from UDayton. About 83% of these graduates were women and the other 17% were men.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music therapy at UDayton are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 University of Dayton with a bachelor's in music therapy.

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

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

Related Majors

• 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 OH, the home state for University of Dayton.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Health Specialties Professors	10,330	$130,280
Therapists	480	$67,260

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 Cfullam under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.