Mathematics Education at Northern Arizona University

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

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and has a total student population of 29,566.

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

NAU Mathematics Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NAU

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? NAU offers distance education options for math teacher education at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

NAU Mathematics Education Rankings

The math teacher education major at NAU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics 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.

Math Teacher Education Student Demographics at NAU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the math teacher education majors at Northern Arizona University.

NAU Mathematics Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of math teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical math teacher education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at NAU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in math teacher education at NAU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its math teacher education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in math teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NAU Mathematics Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of math teacher education master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

Of the students who received a math teacher education master's degree from NAU, 67% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the math teacher education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Physics Education
• German Language Teacher Education
• Chemistry Education
• Health Education
• Biology Education

Careers That Math Teacher Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in math teacher 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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
High School Teachers	17,200	$48,610
Middle School Teachers	11,330	$43,560
Mathematical Science Professors	1,080	$85,340
Education Professors	1,060	$79,120

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.