<p>Whadabala, I’m assuming Florida is your state of residence. Most state programs do a decent to excellent jobs of providing necessary undergrad training for music education, and most are geared towards the end result of preliminary teacher certification/licensure within that state, although the requirements for cross licensing between states is not that disparate.</p>
<p>I’d suggest talking with your public school music teachers (instrumental, choral, and general) and get a feel for where they went, where their associates went, and a feel for their take on current programs at the state system within Florida. FSU has a national rep as being a strong producer of quality music ed graduates. I don’t know anything specifically about the others. I have heard that Florida, like Colorado, has begun cost cutting measures that have begun to effect certain state u’s/colleges and programs. I don’t know if this has impacted their music departments.</p>
<p>You don’t specify your discipline, but most of the same criteria for a music performance major apply to a music ed major. Size of school, geography, trial lessons and good rapport with private instructor, number and quality of performing organizations, costs and financial aid are usually at the top of the list. For an ed major, you can add placement rate of graduates, student teaching requirements/distances and potentiual transportation and housing issues that can be related to the student teaching semester. If you are a string concentration, I’d strongly suggest a school with a String Project. [NSPC:</a> NSPC](<a href=“http://www.stringprojects.org/]NSPC:”>http://www.stringprojects.org/)</p>
<p>This post has a link to most other music ed threads <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/5196658-post30.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/5196658-post30.html</a></p>
<p>Here’s a link to MENC’s career page [MENC</a> Career Center](<a href=“http://www.menc.org/careers/]MENC”>http://www.menc.org/careers/)</p>