Secondary Education at Florida Gulf Coast University

Every secondary education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the secondary teaching program at Florida Gulf Coast University stacks up to those at other schools.

FGCU is located in Fort Myers, Florida and approximately 15,358 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from FGCU.

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.

FGCU Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

FGCU Secondary Education Rankings

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

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 FGCU 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
	15
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
	31
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36
Best Secondary Education Schools	45
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	158
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	197
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	234
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	409

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at FGCU

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

FGCU Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from FGCU. About 45% of these graduates were women and the other 55% were men. The typical secondary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at FGCU since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at FGCU 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 Florida Gulf Coast University with a bachelor'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	2

FGCU 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 FL, the home state for Florida Gulf Coast University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
High School Teachers	47,960	$54,120

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 Brett Levin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.