Secondary Education at Black Hills State University

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

BHSU is located in Spearfish, South Dakota and has a total student population of 3,608.

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.

BHSU Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

Online Classes Are Available at BHSU

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? BHSU offers distance education options for secondary teaching at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

BHSU Secondary Education Rankings

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.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at BHSU

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

BHSU Secondary Education Master’s Program

Of the 28 students who earned a master's degree in Secondary Education from BHSU in 2020-2021, 32% were men and 68% were women.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from BHSU, 61% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Related Majors

• Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching
• 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 SD, the home state for Black Hills State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
High School Teachers	3,520	$42,960

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 Virginia State Parks staff under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.