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Adult & Continuing Education at Capella University

Adult & Continuing Education at Capella University

If you are interested in studying adult & continuing education, you may want to check out the program at Capella University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Capella University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and approximately 38,930 students attend the school each year.

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

Capella University Adult & Continuing Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Adult and Continuing Ed

Online Classes Are Available at Capella University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Capella University offers distance education options for adult and continuing ed at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

There were 64 students who received their doctoral degrees in adult and continuing ed, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Adult and Continuing Ed Student Demographics at Capella University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the adult and continuing ed majors at Capella University.

Capella University Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Program

81% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 19% of adult and continuing ed master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

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Of the students who received a adult and continuing ed master's degree from Capella University, 52% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the adult and continuing ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Capella University with a master's in adult and continuing ed.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Adult and Continuing Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in adult and continuing ed can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MN, the home state for Capella University.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers 7,580 $43,240

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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