Secondary Education at Shepherd University

4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Shepherd University is located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia and has a total student population of 3,159.

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.

Shepherd University Secondary Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

Shepherd University Secondary Education Rankings

The secondary teaching major at Shepherd University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Secondary 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.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Shepherd University

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

Shepherd University Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

52% Women

4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of secondary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical secondary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at Shepherd University since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 96% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at Shepherd University 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 Shepherd University with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 WV, the home state for Shepherd University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
High School Teachers	3,790	$47,050

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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