Education at LIU Post

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

LIU Post is located in Brookville, New York and has a total student population of 15,066. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 77 students received a bachelor's degree in education from LIU Post.

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

LIU Post Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Master’s Degree in Education
• Doctorate Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at LIU Post

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

• Master’s Degree

LIU Post Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the education progam at LIU Post 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 education major at LIU Post 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
Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools	120
Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools	178
Best Education Schools	445
Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools	474
Best Value Education Schools	613

In 2021, 411 students received their master’s degree in education from LIU Post. This makes it the #58 most popular school for education master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #311 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at LIU Post

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

LIU Post Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 77 education majors earned their bachelor's degree from LIU Post. Of these graduates, 22% were men and 78% were women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at LIU Post since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at LIU Post 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 LIU Post with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	54
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

LIU Post Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of education master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	56
Hispanic or Latino	102
White	175
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	70

LIU Post also has a doctoral program available in education. In 2021, 11 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 LIU Post. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Special Education	174
Teacher Education Grade Specific	120
Educational Administration	109
Teacher Education Subject Specific	58
Student Counseling	53
Instructional Media Design	26
Other Education	16
Multilingual Education	5
Teaching English or French	3
Curriculum & Instruction	1

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Library Science

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 LIU Post.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.