Secondary Education at Whitworth University

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

Whitworth is located in Spokane, Washington and has a total student population of 2,756.

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.

Whitworth Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching
• Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

Whitworth Secondary Education Rankings

The secondary teaching major at Whitworth is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Secondary 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.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Whitworth

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

Whitworth Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of secondary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical secondary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at Whitworth since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at Whitworth are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its secondary teaching bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Whitworth University with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

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

Whitworth Secondary Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of secondary teaching master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. Whitworth does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from Whitworth, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Montessori Teacher Education
• Elementary Education

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 WA, the home state for Whitworth University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550

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 Charlesdrakew under License

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