Education at Bethel University

What traits are you looking for in a education school? To help you decide if Bethel University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's education program.

Bethel is located in McKenzie, Tennessee and has a total student population of 4,001.

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

Bethel Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at Bethel

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

• Master’s Degree

Bethel Education Rankings

The education major at Bethel 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 Bethel

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

Bethel Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at Bethel since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Bethel are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Bethel University with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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 Bethel University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education	21
Teacher Education Grade Specific	9
Teacher Education Subject Specific	6
Special Education	1

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 TN, the home state for Bethel University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Elementary School Teachers	28,880	$52,610
Teacher Assistants	22,240	$24,890
High School Teachers	20,190	$53,620
Middle School Teachers	12,140	$52,260
Preschool Teachers	6,160	$32,630

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.