General Education at Johns Hopkins University

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

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 28,890 students attend the school each year.

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

Johns Hopkins General Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education
• Doctorate Degree in Education

Johns Hopkins General Education Rankings

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.

There were 48 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Johns Hopkins University.

Johns Hopkins General Education Master’s Program

The education program at Johns Hopkins awarded 595 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in education each year. Johns Hopkins does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	37
Black or African American	139
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	239
International Students	59
Other Races/Ethnicities	57

Concentrations Within General Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Johns Hopkins University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education	643

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Student Counseling
• Instructional Media Design
• Special Education
• Teacher Education Grade Specific

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 Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Education Professors	940	$75,470

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 Lester Spence under License

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