Secondary Education at Clemson University

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

Clemson is located in Clemson, South Carolina and approximately 26,406 students attend the school each year. Of the 173 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Clemson University in 2021, 39 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.

Clemson Secondary Education Degrees Available

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

Clemson Secondary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the secondary teaching progam at Clemson compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The secondary teaching major at Clemson 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 Popular Secondary Education Schools	45
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	83
Best Secondary Education Schools	92
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	122
Best Value Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	155
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	159
Most Focused Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	249
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	290
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	310

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from Clemson. This makes it the #139 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Clemson

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

Clemson Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 39 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education from Clemson in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at Clemson 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 Clemson University with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Clemson Secondary Education Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a master’s in secondary teaching from Clemson in 2021, 22% were men and 78% were women.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from Clemson, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Clemson 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	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Early Childhood 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 SC, the home state for Clemson University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
High School Teachers	15,310	$54,400

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 hager.angie under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.