The purpose of this study was to investigate how music majors perceive the practice of music therapy, examining their potential interest in music therapy as a career. The subjects of the study were 460 students enrolled across 62 colleges of music in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province. The collected data were analyzed by frequency analysis, correlation analysis, t-test, cross analysis and exploratory factor analysis using the SPSS 21.0 program. The results of this study are as follows: First, 95% of the respondents had heard about music therapy and 26.7% of them answered that they had learned about music therapy through acquaintances. Second, it was shown that music majors perceived music therapy positively as a career at an average score of 3.58 on the Likert 5-point scale. The data showed that they viewed music therapy as a rewarding job, especially in the attentive care of its clientele. However, they also noted that social awareness of music therapy was low. Third, it was found that for music college students, understanding of music therapy, perception of music therapy’s effectiveness, and perception of music therapy as a career all statistically showed a significant positive correlation. Fourth, 91.1% of music college students’ recognized that a major in music and a major in music therapy had a positive correlation. However, 42.2% responded with, “ I do not know,” whether go into music therapy. The reason for this was that 51.9% were in situations where they were undecided about their future career, followed by 23.3% of respondents expressing a lack of knowledge about music therapy in general. In conclusion, more evidence-based research, education opportunity and publicity could promote a better understanding of music therapy for music college students as well as the public.