Secondary Education at Canisius College

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

Canisius is located in Buffalo, New York and approximately 2,820 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from Canisius.

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.

Canisius Secondary Education Degrees Available

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

Canisius Secondary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks secondary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how Canisius performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The secondary teaching major at Canisius 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	38
Most Focused Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	50
Most Popular Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	69
Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	70

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from Canisius. This makes it the #69 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Canisius

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

Canisius Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of secondary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical secondary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Canisius since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at Canisius 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 Canisius College with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

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

Canisius Secondary Education Master’s Program

The secondary teaching program at Canisius awarded 20 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 45% of these degrees went to men with the other 55% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. Canisius does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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

Related Majors

• 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 NY, the home state for Canisius College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300

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 Andre Carrotflower under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.