Education at Spelman College

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

Spelman is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 2,207 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in education from Spelman.

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

Spelman Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education

Spelman Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks education programs across the country. The following shows how Spelman performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The education major at Spelman 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	728
Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	883
Most Focused Education Schools	1,488
Most Popular Education Schools	1,596

Education Student Demographics at Spelman

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Spelman College.

Spelman Education Bachelor’s Program

The education program at Spelman awarded 17 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 69% 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 Spelman College with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Spelman also has a doctoral program available in education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Education

The following education concentations are available at Spelman College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Spelman College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	16
General Education	1

Related Majors

• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

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 GA, the home state for Spelman College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Elementary School Teachers	53,940	$56,360
Teacher Assistants	37,150	$21,770
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Middle School Teachers	24,530	$58,190
Preschool Teachers	14,430	$30,910

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 Energy.gov under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.