Secondary Education at Boston College

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

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 14,934. Of the 62 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Boston College in 2021, 17 of them were secondary education majors.

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.

Boston College Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

Boston College Secondary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the secondary teaching progam at Boston College 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 secondary teaching major at Boston College 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	61
	90
Best Secondary Education Schools	111
	185
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	188
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	192
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	399

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Boston College

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

Boston College Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from Boston College. About 35% were men and 65% were women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at Boston College are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Boston College also has a doctoral program available in secondary teaching. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• 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 MA, the home state for Boston College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020

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 Harvey D. Egan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.