Teacher Education Subject Specific at University of Illinois at Chicago

If you are interested in studying teacher education subject specific, you may want to check out the program at University of Illinois at Chicago. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 33,518. Of the 5,247 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Illinois at Chicago in 2021, 81 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.

UIC Teacher Education Subject Specific Degrees Available

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

UIC Teacher Education Subject Specific Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the subject specific ed progam at UIC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 subject specific ed major at UIC 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
	85

In 2021, 65 students received their master’s degree in subject specific ed from UIC. This makes it the #55 most popular school for subject specific ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Subject Specific Ed Graduates from UIC Make?

The median salary of subject specific ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIC is $44,102. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 20% higher than the national average of $36,899 for all subject specific ed bachelor's degree recipients.

Subject Specific Ed Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 81 students earned a bachelor's degree in subject specific ed from UIC. About 63% of these graduates were women and the other 37% were men. The typical subject specific ed bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at UIC since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% 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 Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in subject specific ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	24
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UIC Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Program

The subject specific ed program at UIC awarded 65 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 43% of these degrees went to men with the other 57% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in subject specific ed each year. UIC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

Of the students who received a subject specific ed master's degree from UIC, 55% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the subject specific ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% 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 University of Illinois at Chicago with a master's in subject specific ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	36
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UIC 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

• Other Education
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Educational Assessment
• Educational Administration
• Special Education

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Elementary School Teachers	65,630	$62,140
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Middle School Teachers	22,320	$63,860
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	16,430	$46,670
Coaches and Scouts	10,670	$38,760

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 Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.