This study was conducted to identify the status of IRB deliberation in domestic music therapy-related studies to understand the status of music therapy research ethics and to provide basic data necessary to consider the application of IRB deliberation. The necessity of IRB review for human research dissertation in domestic music therapy graduate schools was investigated, and among the music therapy-related papers published in KCI-accredited (candidate) journals from 2013 to 2022, 131 papers reviewed by IRB were categorized and analyzed. As a result, the proportion of IRB deliberation essentiality was 44% for master’s degrees and 100% for doctorate degrees among domestic music therapy graduate schools. The IRB review rate of music therapy in all KCI-registered journals was 26.1%, and of music therapy specialized journals,「Korean Journal of Music Therapy」 and 「Journal of Music and Human Behavior」was 20.6%, which was lower than the overall rate. By subject classification of academic journals, there were various categories such as 28.2% of social sciences, 27.5% of arts and sports studies, 27.5% of medicine and pharmacology, and 13% of complex sciences, etc. The major of the main author were 61.8% of music therapy and 33.6% of medical nursing. Universities accounted for the largest number of IRB review institutions with 61.8%. The most common type of research was experimental research at 61.8%, and of intervention was listening at 22.9%. Based on the results, it was proposed to raise awareness of the need for IRB review and to make IRB review mandatory throughout the domestic music therapy academic community.