Secondary Education at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 52,775.

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.

NYU Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

NYU Secondary Education Rankings

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Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Secondary Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 94 students earned a master's degree in secondary teaching from NYU. About 61% of these graduates were women and the other 39% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. NYU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the secondary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	41
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Related Majors

• 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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.