MEIEA Member Statistics
Schools with Faculty or Student Members
Member Demographics

MEIEA membership comprises institutions of higher education located in the U.S., Canada, Jamaica, and Australia.  In total, members represent approximately 6% of the student population with more than 30,000 students in their departments or divisions.

Within MEIEA members' departments or divisions, member institutions reported more than 12,000 students are involved in
Music Business or Entertainment Industry Education.  MEIEA member institutions employ more than 2,000 full-time and 1,600 part-time faculty with more than 300 full-time and 300 part-time faculty involved in Music Business or Entertainment Industry Education.

For the 2008-09 academic year, MEIEA member institutions reported the following with regard to program offerings, student and faculty population, and faculty academic qualifications:


MEIEA member schools enroll more than…

605,465         Undergraduate and         82,227         Graduate Students at their Institutions with    
35,094     (    6%    ) Undergraduate and     7,178     (    9%    )  Graduate Students in their Department (or Divisions).
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In total…                           
12,039     (    34%    ) of the undergraduate and     834     (    12%    ) of the graduate students in their department or division are involved in Music Business/Entertainment Industry Education.
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They employ…                           
2,093         Full-time and         1,639     Adjunct Faculty in their Departments (or Divisions).       
with                           
334     (    16%    ) of their Full-time and     327     (    20%    ) of their adjunct faculty involved in Music Business/Entertainment Industry Education.


Programs           
           
12%     of  member institutions offer Short-term/Vocational (< 2 yr) programs in music/entertainment industry studies.       
           
21%     of  member institutions offer Associates (2-yr) programs in music/entertainment industry studies.       
           
83%     of  member institutions offer Bachelors (4-yr) programs in music/entertainment industry studies.       
           
15%     of  member institutions offer Masters programs in music/entertainment industry studies.       
           
  2%     of  member institutions offer Doctoral programs in music/entertainment industry studies.       
           
Students           
           
6%     of undergraduate and     9%     of graduate students at their institution were enrolled in their department (or division).
           
34%     of the undergraduate and     12%     of the graduate students in their department or division were involved in Music
              Business/Entertainment Industry Education.
           
Faculty Distribution 
           
16%     of the full-time and    20%     of the adjunct faculty in their department (or division) were involved in Music
 
              Business/Entertainment Industry Education.
           
Faculty  Academic Qualifications
           
24%     of  member institutions have established terminal degree criteria for faculty involved in Music Business/Entertainment
               Industry Education.       
           
25%     of  member institutions' faculty involved in Music Business/Entertainment Industry Education hold doctoral degrees.       
           
29%     of  member institutions' faculty involved in Music Business/Entertainment Industry Education hold masters degrees
              as their highest degree.       
           
28%     of  member institutions' faculty involved in Music Business/Entertainment Industry Education hold bachelors degrees
              as their highest degree.       
           
18%     of  member institutions' faculty involved in Music Business/Entertainment Industry Education are considered
              "professionally qualified" and hold no advanced degree.            
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