Secondary Education at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

What traits are you looking for in a secondary teaching school? To help you decide if University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's secondary teaching program.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679.

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.

UIUC Secondary Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

UIUC Secondary Education Rankings

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the secondary teaching majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Secondary Education Master’s Program

59% Women

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of secondary teaching master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. UIUC 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 UIUC, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the secondary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370

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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