Cal State Fullerton has a virtual 100% placement rate of students completing the credential program in music. Job retention of our graduates in music education is significantly higher than the national average.Music education students at Cal State Fullerton select one of three emphases for in-depth preparation in either choral, instrumental or general music. Specialists in each of these areas provide methods classes and student teaching supervision.

Students interested in a career in teaching music generally pursue the Bachelor of Arts in Music degree with a music education concentration, and then work to attain the Single Subject Teaching Credential in music. The School of Music’s program is fully approved by the State of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, which complies with the Teacher Preparation and Licensing Law of 1970 (the Ryan Act).The music education program at Cal State Fullerton has been designated “innovative and exemplary” by the Commission on Teacher Education of the Music Educators National Conference.