Music Therapy at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

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

WCUPA is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 17,719. In 2021, 2 music therapy majors received their bachelor's degree from WCUPA.

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.

WCUPA Music Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy

WCUPA Music Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music therapy progam at WCUPA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 WCUPA 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 Value Music Therapy Schools	9
Best Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Best Music Therapy Schools	19
Most Popular Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	54
Most Popular Music Therapy Schools	57
Most Focused Music Therapy Schools	61

Music Therapy Student Demographics at WCUPA

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

WCUPA Music Therapy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of music therapy bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in music therapy.

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

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

Related Majors

• Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

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 PA, the home state for West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Therapists	140	$53,930

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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.