Education at Austin College

If you plan to study education, take a look at what Austin College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Austin College is located in Sherman, Texas and has a total student population of 1,302.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Education section at the bottom of this page.

Austin College Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education

Austin College Education Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Education Student Demographics at Austin College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Austin College.

Austin College Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of education master's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in education each year. Austin College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 28% more men than average.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Austin College, 59% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Austin College with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Austin College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	14
Teacher Education Subject Specific	3

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Austin College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Elementary School Teachers	136,780	$56,520
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Teacher Assistants	88,700	$23,290
Middle School Teachers	66,470	$56,580
Preschool Teachers	34,790	$34,960

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.