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Education at Brooklyn College

76% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Brooklyn College is located in Brooklyn, New York and has a total student population of 17,735.

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

Brooklyn College Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Education
Master’s Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at Brooklyn College

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

Brooklyn College Education Rankings

The education major at Brooklyn 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.

Education Student Demographics at Brooklyn College

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

Brooklyn College Education Bachelor’s Program

79% Women

76% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at Brooklyn College since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% more racial-ethnic minorities in its education bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	70
Black or African American	50
Hispanic or Latino	106
White	66
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Brooklyn College Education Master’s Program

71% Women

63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of education master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in education each year. Brooklyn College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 32% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	51
Black or African American	116
Hispanic or Latino	76
White	137
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Education

Education majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Brooklyn College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	303
Special Education	244
Teacher Education Subject Specific	230
Student Counseling	29
Educational Administration	28
Multilingual Education	3

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 NY, the home state for Brooklyn College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Teacher Assistants	123,960	$31,330
Elementary School Teachers	82,590	$83,010
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Middle School Teachers	39,950	$83,490
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers	31,840	$56,060

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 Gabriel Liendo under License

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