Education at Wesleyan University

If you plan to study education, take a look at what Wesleyan University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Wesleyan U is located in Middletown, Connecticut and has a total student population of 3,053.

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

Wesleyan U Education Degrees Available

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

Wesleyan U Education Rankings

The education major at Wesleyan U 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.

Education Student Demographics at Wesleyan U

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

Wesleyan U Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at Wesleyan U since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Wesleyan U Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of education master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in education each year. Wesleyan U does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 48% more men than average.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Wesleyan U, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wesleyan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Education Philosophy	13

Related Majors

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 CT, the home state for Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Teacher Assistants	22,930	$34,650
Elementary School Teachers	16,320	$75,480
High School Teachers	15,410	$76,980
Middle School Teachers	8,480	$76,130
Preschool Teachers	5,690	$43,350

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 Steadyjohn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.