Education at Virginia Commonwealth University

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

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 444 students received a bachelor's degree in education from VCU.

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

VCU Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at VCU

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? VCU offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

VCU Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the education progam at VCU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 education major at VCU 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 Popular Online Education Schools	530

In 2021, 164 students received their master’s degree in education from VCU. This makes it the #264 most popular school for education master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 52 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #61 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 444 education majors earned their bachelor's degree from VCU. Of these graduates, 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at VCU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	55
Black or African American	123
Hispanic or Latino	62
White	164
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

VCU Education Master’s Program

Of the 164 students who graduated with a master’s in education from VCU in 2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from VCU, 64% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	105
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

VCU also has a doctoral program available in education. In 2021, 52 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Education

Education majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Virginia Commonwealth University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Subject Specific	463
General Education	116
Educational Administration	64
Special Education	55
Teacher Education Grade Specific	23
Student Counseling	12
Curriculum & Instruction	1

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Elementary School Teachers	36,450	$67,610
Teacher Assistants	31,030	$28,000
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Middle School Teachers	17,130	$66,870
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	12,720	$41,370

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
• Image Credit: By user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.