General Education at Buena Vista University

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

BVU is located in Storm Lake, Iowa and approximately 1,863 students attend the school each year.

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

BVU General Education Degrees Available

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

BVU General Education Rankings

The education major at BVU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 BVU

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

BVU General Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at BVU since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at BVU 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 Buena Vista University with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

BVU General Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of education master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within General Education

General Education majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Buena Vista University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education	4

Related Majors

• Instructional Media Design
• Teaching English or French
• Special Education
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Curriculum & Instruction

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 IA, the home state for Buena Vista University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Education Professors	760	$75,060

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 Ryan Harder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.