Secondary Education at Purdue University Fort Wayne

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

PFW is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana and approximately 8,093 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 23 secondary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from PFW.

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.

PFW Secondary Education Degrees Available

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

PFW Secondary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks secondary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how PFW 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 PFW 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
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	69
Best Secondary Education Schools	102
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	106
Best Value Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	110
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	126
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	131
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	133
Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	163
Most Focused Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	218
	226
Most Popular Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	230

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from PFW. This makes it the #230 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at PFW

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

PFW Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

The secondary teaching program at PFW awarded 23 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 52% of these degrees went to men with the other 48% going to women. The typical secondary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at PFW since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at PFW 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 Purdue University Fort Wayne with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

PFW Secondary Education Master’s Program

Of the 3 secondary teaching students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from PFW, about 67% were men and 33% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. PFW does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 30% more men than average.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from PFW, 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 Purdue University Fort Wayne with a master's in secondary teaching.

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

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

Related Majors

• Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching
• 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 Purdue University Fort Wayne.

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.