Teacher Education Subject Specific at Pacific Lutheran University

Every teacher education subject specific school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the subject specific ed program at Pacific Lutheran University stacks up to those at other schools.

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 2,907.

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

PLU Teacher Education Subject Specific Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Subject Specific Ed

PLU Teacher Education Subject Specific Rankings

The subject specific ed major at PLU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Teacher Education Subject Specific. 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.

Subject Specific Ed Student Demographics at PLU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the subject specific ed majors at Pacific Lutheran University.

PLU Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of subject specific ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical subject specific ed bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at PLU since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in subject specific ed at PLU 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 subject specific ed bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's in subject specific ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Teacher Education Subject Specific

If you plan to be a subject specific ed 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 Pacific Lutheran University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Education	12

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Grade Specific

Careers That Subject Specific Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in subject specific ed can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Elementary School Teachers	26,900	$65,180
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
Coaches and Scouts	12,520	$43,420
Middle School Teachers	9,070	$65,630
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	8,670	$54,220

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.