Member Statistics

MEIEA Member Statistics

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 31,000 students in their departments or divisions.

Within MEIEA members' departments or divisions, more than 10,000 students are involved in Music Business or Entertainment Industry Education. MEIEA member institutions employ more than 1,700 full-time and 1,300 part-time faculty with more than 300 full-time and 280 part-time faculty involved in Music Business or Entertainment Industry Education.

For the 2007 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…

504,288        Undergraduate and         75,991        Graduate Students at their Institutions with
31,177    (    6%    ) Undergraduate and     6,450    (    8%    ) Graduate Students in their Department (or Divisions).
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In total…
10,793    (    35%    ) of the undergraduate and     865    (    13%    ) of the graduate students in their department or division are involved in Music Business/Entertainment Industry Education.
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They employ…
1,747        Full-time and         1,399    Adjunct Faculty in their Departments (or Divisions).
with
340    (    19%    ) of their Full-time and     285    (    20%    ) of their adjunct faculty involved in Music Business/Entertainment Industry Education.

Programs

11%    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.

88%    of member institutions offer Bachelors (4-yr) programs in music/entertainment industry studies.

18%    of member institutions offer Masters programs in music/entertainment industry studies.

0%    of member institutions offer Doctoral programs in music/entertainment industry studies.

Students

6%    of undergraduate and     8%    of graduate students at their institution were enrolled in their department (or division).

35%    of the undergraduate and     13%    of the graduate students in their department or division were involved in Music
              Business/Entertainment Industry Education.

Faculty Distribution

19%    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

39%    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.

33%    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.

14%    of member institutions' faculty involved in Music Business/Entertainment Industry Education are considered
              "professionally qualified" and hold no advanced degree.