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Education at Nova Southeastern University

61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and has a total student population of 20,888.

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

NUS Florida Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NUS Florida

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

Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

NUS Florida Education Rankings

The education major at NUS Florida 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.

There were 294 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at NUS Florida

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

NUS Florida Education Bachelor’s Program

93% Women

61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 Nova Southeastern University with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

NUS Florida Education Master’s Program

76% Women

78% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of education master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in education each year. NUS Florida does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 78% of degree recipients. That is 47% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	99
Hispanic or Latino	123
White	48
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Nova Southeastern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education	296
Educational Administration	193
Teacher Education Subject Specific	110
Special Education	39
Curriculum & Instruction	37
Teacher Education Grade Specific	32
Teaching English or French	6
Educational Assessment	2

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 FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Elementary School Teachers	75,750	$50,070
Teacher Assistants	50,440	$25,010
High School Teachers	47,960	$54,120
Middle School Teachers	30,110	$53,140
Preschool Teachers	25,940	$27,990

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
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