Teacher Education & Professional Development
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Teacher Education & Professional Development degree recipients are Charlotte, NC, Portland, OR, and Minneapolis, MN. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Teacher Education & Professional Development degree recipients are Santee, CA, La Grande, OR, and Walnut Ridge, AR. The most common degree awarded to students studying Teacher Education & Professional Development is a masters degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Teacher Education & Professional Development and the types of students that study this field. University of North Carolina at Charlotte awards the most degrees in Teacher Education & Professional Development in the US, but San Diego Christian College and Seattle Pacific University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Teacher Education & Professional Development.
Tuition costs for Teacher Education & Professional Development majors are, on average, $7,716 for in-state public colleges, and $33,385 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Teacher Education & Professional Development programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (133 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (3,977 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Teacher Education & Professional Development, is Public, 4-year or above (3,977 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Teacher Education & Professional Development programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte has the most Teacher Education & Professional Development degree recipients, with 428 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Teacher Education & Professional Development.
Out of all institutions that offer Teacher Education & Professional Development programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, San Diego Christian College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Teacher Education & Professional Development, with 25.9%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Teacher Education & Professional Development by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Teacher Education & Professional Development.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Education graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Education majors is $60,101 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
The industry that employs the most Education majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing.
The average salary for Education majors is $60,101 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Education majors.
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 most common occupations Education majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Education majors working as Elementary & middle school teachers, Special education teachers, and Secondary school teachers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Education majors are Physicians, Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, and Surgeons.
The number of Education graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.236%, from 5.06M in 2020 to 5.07M in 2021.
The largest single share of Education graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (34%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Education by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Education majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Child day care services.
The highest paying industries of Education majors, by average wage, are Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing, Not specified utilities, and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing.
The number of Education graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.236%, from 5.06M in 2020 to 5.07M in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Education graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Education.
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.
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 39 years old, which represent 2.62% and 2.44% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Teacher Education & Professional Development are Masters Degree, Postbaccalaureate Certificate, and Post-Masters Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Education are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Teacher Education & Professional Development.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Teacher Education & Professional Development for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Masters Degree recipients in Teacher Education & Professional Development.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in St Vincent & the Grenadines that hold Education degrees (3.76 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 (51,142 degree recipients).
