Also called: MT-BC
Uses music, singing, and songwriting to help people heal physically and emotionally.
Plays guitar for a premature baby to steady its breathing, helps a stroke patient regain speech by singing words before saying them, and writes a song with a teen in a cancer ward. Must be a skilled musician.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 5 years after high school. Bachelor's in music therapy, a 1,200-hour internship, and board certification (MT-BC).
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Music Therapy, Music, Psychology.
Growing about average. Small but growing field.
Low risk for 10 years. AI can generate music, but responding live to a patient's breathing, mood and voice is human work.
Classes: Choir or band, Music theory, Psychology, Piano or guitar lessons.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1129.
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