Secondary Education at Indiana University - Northwest

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 Indiana University - Northwest stacks up to those at other schools.

IU Northwest is located in Gary, Indiana and has a total student population of 3,801. In 2021, 4 secondary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from IU Northwest.

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.

IU Northwest Secondary Education Degrees Available

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

IU Northwest Secondary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the secondary teaching progam at IU Northwest 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 IU Northwest 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
	33
	37
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
	63
Most Focused Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	85
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	110
Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	120
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	131
Best Value Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	136
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	149
Most Popular Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	151
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	167
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	188
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	213
Best Secondary Education Schools	227

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from IU Northwest. This makes it the #151 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at IU Northwest

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

IU Northwest 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 IU Northwest since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at IU Northwest 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 Indiana University - Northwest with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

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

IU Northwest Secondary Education Master’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a master's degree in Secondary Education from IU Northwest in 2020-2021, 13% were men and 88% were women.

In the secondary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 36% better than the national average.*

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

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

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

Related Majors

• 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 IN, the home state for Indiana University - Northwest.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers	19,690	$53,030

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 Lord dumbello under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.