Teacher Education Subject Specific at University of Central Oklahoma

What traits are you looking for in a subject specific ed school? To help you decide if University of Central Oklahoma is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's subject specific ed program.

UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and approximately 14,132 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,442 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Central Oklahoma in 2021, 66 of them were teacher education subject specific majors.

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.

UCO Teacher Education Subject Specific Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Subject Specific Ed
• Master’s Degree in Subject Specific Ed

Online Classes Are Available at UCO

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UCO offers distance education options for subject specific ed at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UCO Teacher Education Subject Specific Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks subject specific ed programs across the country. The following shows how UCO performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The subject specific ed major at UCO 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools	82
Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	110
Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools	310

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in subject specific ed from UCO. This makes it the #358 most popular school for subject specific ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Subject Specific Ed Graduates from UCO Make?

The median salary of subject specific ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCO is $38,737. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $36,899 for all subject specific ed bachelor's degree recipients.

Subject Specific Ed Student Demographics at UCO

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the subject specific ed majors at University of Central Oklahoma.

UCO Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 66 subject specific ed majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCO. Of these graduates, 42% were men and 58% were women. The typical subject specific ed bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at UCO since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in subject specific ed at UCO are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its subject specific ed bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Oklahoma with a bachelor's in subject specific ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

UCO Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Program

The subject specific ed program at UCO awarded 8 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

Of the students who received a subject specific ed master's degree from UCO, 75% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Oklahoma with a master's in subject specific ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UCO also has a doctoral program available in subject specific ed. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Education
• Educational Assessment
• Special Education
• Educational Administration
• Teaching English or French

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 OK, the home state for University of Central Oklahoma.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Elementary School Teachers	17,840	$40,450
High School Teachers	11,400	$42,540
Middle School Teachers	7,560	$41,660
Vocational Education Professors	2,750	$54,810
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	2,620	$35,840

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 Houstonman6 under License

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