Secondary Education at Southwestern Oklahoma State University

If you are interested in studying secondary education, you may want to check out the program at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SWOSU is located in Weatherford, Oklahoma and approximately 4,898 students attend the school each year.

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.

SWOSU Secondary Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

Online Classes Are Available at SWOSU

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SWOSU does offer online courses in secondary teaching for the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

SWOSU Secondary Education Rankings

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at SWOSU

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

SWOSU Secondary Education Master’s Program

58% Women

36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of secondary teaching master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. SWOSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from SWOSU, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the secondary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southwestern Oklahoma State University with a master's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	30
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Elementary Education

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 OK, the home state for Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
High School Teachers	11,400	$42,540

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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