Education at Marymount University

What traits are you looking for in a education school? To help you decide if Marymount University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's education program.

Marymount is located in Arlington, Virginia and has a total student population of 3,294. Of the 570 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Marymount University in 2021, 12 of them were education majors.

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

Marymount Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Marymount

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

Marymount Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the education progam at Marymount 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 Marymount 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
	51
Best Education Master’s Degree Schools	191
Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools	217
Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools	261
Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	264
Most Focused Education Graduate Certificate Schools	465
Most Popular Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	481
Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools	488
Best Value Education Schools	497
Best Value Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	508
Most Focused Education Master’s Degree Schools	625
Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,007
Most Focused Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,135

In 2021, 42 students received their master’s degree in education from Marymount. This makes it the #665 most popular school for education master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #481 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at Marymount

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

Marymount Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a bachelor's degree in education from Marymount. About 92% of these graduates were women and the other 8% were men.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Marymount are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Marymount University with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Marymount Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 42 students graduated with a master's degree in education from Marymount. About 17% were men and 83% were women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Marymount, 76% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	32
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Marymount 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 Marymount University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	26
Curriculum & Instruction	12
Special Education	10
Educational Administration	8

Related Majors

• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• Psychology

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 VA, the home state for Marymount University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Elementary School Teachers	36,450	$67,610
Teacher Assistants	31,030	$28,000
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Middle School Teachers	17,130	$66,870
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	12,720	$41,370

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 Kevin Bowman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.