General Education at University of California - Riverside

If you are interested in studying general education, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Riverside. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCR is located in Riverside, California and approximately 26,434 students attend the school each year.

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

UCR General Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education
• Doctorate Degree in Education

UCR General Education Rankings

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There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #29 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at UCR

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at University of California - Riverside.

UCR General Education Master’s Program

Of the 181 students who graduated with a master’s in education from UCR in 2021, 24% were men and 76% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in education each year. UCR does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 69% of degree recipients. That is 34% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Riverside with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	94
White	49
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Related Majors

• Education Philosophy

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Riverside.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Education Professors	3,380	$84,160

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 Amerique under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.