Secondary Education at College of Charleston

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

C of C is located in Charleston, South Carolina and approximately 10,384 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from C of C.

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.

C of C Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

C of C Secondary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks secondary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how C of C 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 C of C 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	84
	104
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	104
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	142
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	161
Best Secondary Education Schools	182
	205
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	213
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	344
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	347

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at C of C

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

C of C Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from C of C. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at C of C 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 College of Charleston with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

C of C 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
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• Teacher Development & Methodology
• 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 College of Charleston.

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 Lkeadle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.