Music Therapy at University of Georgia

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

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and approximately 39,147 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 music therapy majors received their bachelor's degree from UGA.

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.

UGA Music Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy

UGA Music Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music therapy progam at UGA 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 UGA 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	16
Best Value Music Therapy Schools	30
	45
Most Popular Music Therapy Schools	47
	48
Most Focused Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Most Focused Music Therapy Schools	62

Music Therapy Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Music Therapy Bachelor’s Program

The music therapy program at UGA awarded 5 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music therapy at UGA 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 University of Georgia 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

UGA 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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Health Specialties Professors	4,970	$119,400
Therapists	90	$63,870

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.