Music Therapy at University of the Pacific

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 University of the Pacific stacks up to those at other schools.

Pacific is located in Stockton, California and has a total student population of 6,263. Of the 42 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of the Pacific in 2021, 12 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.

Pacific Music Therapy Degrees Available

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

Pacific Music Therapy Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music therapy major at Pacific 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 Schools	1
	1
Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	1
	1
Most Focused Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Most Popular Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	11
Most Popular Music Therapy Schools	14
Most Focused Music Therapy Schools	17
Best Value Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	21
Best Value Music Therapy Schools	38

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in music therapy from Pacific. This makes it the #11 most popular school for music therapy master’s degree candidates in the country.

Music Therapy Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific Music Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music Therapy from Pacific in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical music therapy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% men. So male students are more repesented at Pacific since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% 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 the Pacific with a bachelor's in music therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Pacific Music Therapy Master’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a master's degree in Music Therapy from Pacific in 2020-2021, 40% were men and 60% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 15% men graduate in music therapy each year. Pacific does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 25% more men than average.

Of the students who received a music therapy master's degree from Pacific, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Pacific 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 CA, the home state for University of the Pacific.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Therapists	730	$63,060

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 Thias under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.