The locations with the highest concentration of Education degree recipients are , New York, NY, and San Diego, CA. The locations with a relatively high number of Education degree recipients are New Ulm, MN, Livingston, AL, and Demorest, GA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Education is a masters degree.
Tuition costs for Education majors are, on average, $6,676 for in-state public colleges, and $29,338 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Education programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (978 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (159,519 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Education, is Public, 4-year or above (159,519 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Education programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Education majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Education majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The number of Education graduates in the workforce has been declining at a rate of 1.25%, from 5.09M in 2017 to 5.02M in 2018.
The largest single share of Education graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (38.9%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Education by share of the total number of graduates.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Education majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Education majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information on those who earn a degree in Education in the US. The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Education is 46.2, and the most common degree type these workers hold is a Masters Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Education degrees, and White students earn the majority (199,868) of the degrees.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Education. The most common ages of employees with this major are 47 and 38 years old, which represent 2.79% and 2.47% of the population, respectively.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Education for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Education. White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and gender.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in St Vincent & the Grenadines that hold Education degrees (5.31 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (51,945 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Education field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Education majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Education majors need more than the average amount of Installation, Service Orientation, and Equipment Selection.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Education majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Installation is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Reading Comprehension, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.