Music Therapy at University of the Pacific

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

Pacific is located in Stockton, California and approximately 6,263 students attend the school each year.

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

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 Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of music therapy master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 11% men graduate in music therapy each year. Pacific does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 49% more men than average.

In the music therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 29% better 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 master's in music therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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.