Music Therapy Degree, St. Louis | Maryville University
BACHELOR’S IN MUSIC THERAPY
BACHELOR’S IN
MUSIC THERAPY
MUSIC THERAPY
Through Music.
Finding a Voice Through Music.
Music therapists often work in interdisciplinary treatment teams serving individuals with mental disorders, substance abuse, dementia, autism, developmental and physical disabilities and other disorders.
Maryville’s Music Therapy program is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) and fully approved by the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA).
MUSIC THERAPY STUDENTS
ALUMNI TESTIMONIAL
WHY MARYVILLE
PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
The Kids Rock Cancer program, which helps children cope with unique emotional challenges that accompany a diagnosis of cancer and other blood disorders, providess hands-on learning for students in Maryville’s music therapy program.
PROFESSIONAL
PARTNERSHIPS
A Maryville University music therapy partnership uses music to bring relief to children whose daily experience includes a range of traumas involving poverty and violence. Working at Confluence Academy-Old North, a charter school located in St. Louis, music therapy students help middle schoolers pour their feelings into instrumentals and lyrics through a program called Life Songs.
FEATURED
FACULTY
Soo-Jin Kwoun, PhD, an associate professor of music therapy, has authored the article “Service Learning Within the Community Music Therapy Approach,” published in Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy. In addition, Kwoun has supported Maryville’s Tremble Clefs initiative, which is a choral group composed of individuals with Parkinson’s disease.
MUSIC THERAPY STUDENTS
ALUMNI TESTIMONIAL
WHY MARYVILLE
PROGRAM DETAILS
THE BIG PICTURE
As a professional music therapist, you will serve individuals with mental disorders, substance abuse issues, dementia, autism, developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, sensory disorders and acute/chronic pain. Focus on preventative medicine continues to build, and many music therapists work to enhance quality of life, maximize well-being and increase self-awareness.
SALARY
TOP 10%
$77,050
MEDIAN
$47,860
JOB GROWTH
7%
ESTIMATED
through 2026
1,300 NEW JOBS THROUGH 2026
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