Program Payoff

Music programs in Washington

17 schools in Washington 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 Washington

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Washington earn a median of $102,670 a year across 14,880 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Washington
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary$77,9501,400
Music Directors and Composers$75,060260

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Bellevue College Bellevue Associate's degree not published 3
Centralia College Centralia Associate's degree not published 0
Clark College Vancouver Associate's degree not published 5
Columbia Basin College Pasco Associate's degree not published 0
Edmonds College Lynnwood Associate's degree not published 3
Grays Harbor College Aberdeen Associate's degree not published 4
Lower Columbia College Longview Associate's degree not published 5
Pierce College District Lakewood Associate's degree not published 3
Shoreline College Shoreline Undergraduate certificate not published 49
Shoreline College Shoreline Associate's degree not published 16
Skagit Valley College Mount Vernon Associate's degree not published 1
South Puget Sound Community College Olympia Associate's degree not published
Spokane Falls Community College Spokane Associate's degree not published 1
Tacoma Community College Tacoma Associate's degree not published 7
Walla Walla University College Place Undergraduate certificate not published
Wenatchee Valley College Wenatchee Associate's degree not published 2
Whatcom Community College Bellingham Associate's degree not published 0

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.