Education at Howard Community College

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

HCC is located in Columbia, Maryland and approximately 9,566 students attend the school each year.

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

HCC Education Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Education

HCC Education Rankings

Education Student Demographics at HCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Howard Community College.

HCC Education Associate’s Program

85% Women

65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of education associate's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

HCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in education graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Howard Community College with a associate's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Education

The following education concentations are available at Howard Community College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Howard Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	22
General Education	12
Teacher Education Subject Specific	5

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 MD, the home state for Howard Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Elementary School Teachers	28,250	$71,060
Teacher Assistants	21,060	$33,280
High School Teachers	19,330	$72,610
Middle School Teachers	12,450	$69,710
Preschool Teachers	9,400	$38,440

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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