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Education at College of Southern Maryland

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

CSM is located in La Plata, Maryland and approximately 6,164 students attend the school each year.

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

CSM Education Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at CSM

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? CSM offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

CSM 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 CSM

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

CSM Education Associate’s Program

95% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 5% of education associate's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in education at CSM are white. Around 60% fell into this category, which is typical for this degree. CSM does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in education graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Education

The following education concentations are available at College of Southern Maryland. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from College of Southern Maryland. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific 14
General Education 6

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 MD, the home state for College of Southern Maryland.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Elementary School Teachers 28,250 $71,060
Teacher Assistants 21,060 $33,280
High School Teachers 19,330 $72,610
Middle School Teachers 12,450 $69,710
Preschool Teachers 9,400 $38,440

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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