Secondary Education at Mississippi State University

If you plan to study secondary education, take a look at what Mississippi State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and has a total student population of 22,986. In 2021, 57 secondary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from Mississippi State.

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.

Mississippi State Secondary Education Degrees Available

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

Mississippi State Secondary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the secondary teaching progam at Mississippi State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The secondary teaching major at Mississippi State 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
Most Focused Secondary Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	16
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	98
Best Secondary Education Schools	136
	141
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	153
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	206
Best Value Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	206
	226
	334

In 2021, 29 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from Mississippi State. This makes it the #42 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in secondary teaching, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Mississippi State

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

Mississippi State Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 57 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education from Mississippi State in 2020-2021, 32% were men and 68% were women.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at Mississippi State 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 Mississippi State University with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	52
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Mississippi State Secondary Education Master’s Program

The secondary teaching program at Mississippi State awarded 29 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 62% going to women.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from Mississippi State, 72% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the secondary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 28% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Mississippi State 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 MS, the home state for Mississippi State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
High School Teachers	8,920	$47,190

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.