Secondary Education at Boston College

20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a secondary teaching school? To help you decide if Boston College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's secondary teaching program.

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and approximately 14,934 students attend the school each year.

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

Boston College Secondary Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

Boston College Secondary Education Rankings

The secondary teaching major at Boston College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Secondary Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Boston College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the secondary teaching majors at Boston College.

Boston College Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

60% Women

20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of secondary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical secondary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at Boston College since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at Boston College are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boston College with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Elementary Education

Careers That Secondary Teaching Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020

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
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