Program Payoff

Music programs in Virginia

7 schools in Virginia teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in Virginia

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Virginia earn a median of $72,170 a year across 31,100 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Virginia
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary$74,8702,840
Music Directors and Composers$59,050370
Sound Engineering Technicians$49,920120

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Brightpoint Community College Chester Associate's degree not published 3
Liberty University Lynchburg Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Associate's degree not published
Shenandoah University Winchester Undergraduate certificate not published
Southwest Virginia Community College Cedar Bluff Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Tidewater Community College Norfolk Associate's degree not published 10
Virginia Highlands Community College Abingdon Undergraduate certificate not published 1

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.