This 25-year-old has one of the most fulfilling college degrees available—'I wouldn't trade it'

Dannielle Caldwell went to Belmont University in Nashville to major in music . But once she got there, she discovered the discipline of music therapy and immediately switched her major.

"I knew that I wanted to help people with music ," the 25-year-old tells CNBC Make It. After finishing her degree in 2021, she started working as a music therapist full-time.

"It is incredibly fulfilling because we get to impact clients in such great ways," she says.

Music therapy is a clinical discipline that uses sound, instruments and lyrics to help patients of all ages with a variety of afflictions, from physical disabilities to emotional and mental health concerns. While not everyone with a music therapy degree may be working as a therapist, everyone who is a board-certified music therapist has a music therapy degree, per the profession's requirements .

Studying music therapy in college seems to lead to a meaningful career — 95% of music therapy degree-holders say their job makes the world a better place, according to a recent Payscale report .