Secondary Education at Louisiana Tech 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 Louisiana Tech University stacks up to those at other schools.

Louisiana Tech is located in Ruston, Louisiana and has a total student population of 11,126. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from Louisiana Tech.

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.

Louisiana Tech Secondary Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Louisiana Tech

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Louisiana Tech offers distance education options for secondary teaching at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Louisiana Tech Secondary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the secondary teaching progam at Louisiana Tech 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 Louisiana Tech 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	16
	34
Most Focused Secondary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	38
Best Value Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	69
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	97
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	113
	120
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	132
Most Popular Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	139
	159
Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	167
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	205

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from Louisiana Tech. This makes it the #139 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Louisiana Tech

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

Louisiana Tech Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students earned a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from Louisiana Tech. About 60% of these graduates were women and the other 40% were men. The typical secondary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Louisiana Tech since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at Louisiana Tech 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 Louisiana Tech University with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Louisiana Tech Secondary Education Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a master's degree in Secondary Education from Louisiana Tech in 2020-2021, 56% were men and 44% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. Louisiana Tech does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 19% more men than average.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from Louisiana Tech, 78% 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 Louisiana Tech University with a master's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• 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 LA, the home state for Louisiana Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
High School Teachers	13,930	$51,810

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.