Teacher Education Subject Specific at Ferrum College

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

Ferrum College is located in Ferrum, Virginia and approximately 972 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in subject specific ed from Ferrum College.

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

Ferrum College Teacher Education Subject Specific Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Subject Specific Ed

Ferrum College Teacher Education Subject Specific Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the subject specific ed progam at Ferrum College compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The subject specific ed major at Ferrum College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Teacher Education Subject Specific. 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
Most Focused Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Focused Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools	15
Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	213
Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	600
Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools	682
	760
Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools	789

Earnings of Ferrum College Subject Specific Ed Graduates

The median salary of subject specific ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ferrum College is $28,122. This is less than $36,899, which is the national average of all subject specific ed majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Subject Specific Ed Student Demographics at Ferrum College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the subject specific ed majors at Ferrum College.

Ferrum College Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 subject specific ed students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Ferrum College, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical subject specific ed bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Ferrum College since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its subject specific ed bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Ferrum College also has a doctoral program available in subject specific ed. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Grade Specific

Careers That Subject Specific Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in subject specific 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 VA, the home state for Ferrum College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Elementary School Teachers	36,450	$67,610
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Middle School Teachers	17,130	$66,870
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	12,720	$41,370
Coaches and Scouts	6,910	$42,340

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 MarmadukePercy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.