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Decline in Music Education Among 18-24 Year-Olds

Category: Statistic
Issue(s) Addressed: Building society/citizenship

Attribution

2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, Research Report #49. National Endowment for the Arts. November 2009. Page iii

Item Text

Since 1982, the share of 18-24-year-olds who report having had any music education in their lives (now 38 percent) has dropped by more than a third.

Links

www.arts.gov

Submitter Information

  • Name: MENC Staff
  • Email: advocacy@menc.org

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