Education at Cornell College

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

Cornell College is located in Mount Vernon, Iowa and approximately 1,002 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in education from Cornell College.

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

Cornell College Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education

Cornell College Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks education programs across the country. The following shows how Cornell College performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The education major at Cornell College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	328
Most Focused Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	592
	604
Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	957
Most Focused Education Schools	1,324
Most Popular Education Schools	1,669

Education Student Demographics at Cornell College

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

Cornell College Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 education students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Cornell College, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at Cornell College since its program graduates 31% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Cornell 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 Cornell College with a bachelor's in education.

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

Cornell College also has a doctoral program available in education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Cornell College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	14

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• 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 IA, the home state for Cornell College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Teacher Assistants	19,890	$25,320
Elementary School Teachers	19,040	$54,500
High School Teachers	13,010	$56,510
Middle School Teachers	7,940	$55,300
Preschool Teachers	4,770	$27,030

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 ArtisticAbode under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.