Teacher Education Subject Specific at Purdue University - Main Campus

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 Purdue University - Main Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.

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.

Purdue Teacher Education Subject Specific Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Subject Specific Ed

Purdue Teacher Education Subject Specific Rankings

The subject specific ed major at Purdue 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.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in subject specific ed, making the school the #61 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Subject Specific Ed Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the subject specific ed majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of subject specific ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% 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 Purdue since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in subject specific ed at Purdue are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	48
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Teacher Education Subject Specific

Teacher Education Subject Specific majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Purdue University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	23
Agricultural Teacher Education	20
Social Studies Education	18
Art Education	5

Related Majors

• Multilingual Education
• Educational Assessment
• Special Education
• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Curriculum & Instruction

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Elementary School Teachers	26,520	$52,360
High School Teachers	19,690	$53,030
Middle School Teachers	11,510	$52,690
Coaches and Scouts	6,530	$36,540
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	4,520	$32,990

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
• Image Credit: By Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.