Secondary Education at Mercyhurst University

Every secondary education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the secondary teaching program at Mercyhurst University stacks up to those at other schools.

Mercyhurst is located in Erie, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,790 students attend the school each year.

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

Mercyhurst Secondary Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

Online Classes Are Available at Mercyhurst

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? Mercyhurst offers distance education options for secondary teaching at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

Mercyhurst Secondary Education Rankings

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Mercyhurst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the secondary teaching majors at Mercyhurst University.

Mercyhurst Secondary Education Master’s Program

36% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of secondary teaching master's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. Mercyhurst does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 25% more men than average.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from Mercyhurst, 91% 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 Mercyhurst University with a master's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Secondary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in secondary teaching can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Mercyhurst University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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