Secondary Education at North Park University

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

North Park is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 2,831 students attend the school each year. Of the 38 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from North Park University in 2021, 9 of them were secondary education majors.

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.

North Park Secondary Education Degrees Available

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

North Park Secondary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks secondary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how North Park performed in these rankings.

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 North Park 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 Schools	13
Most Focused Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	14
Most Popular Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	37
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	56
Best Value Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	60
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	108
Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	113
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	126
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	128
	149
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	152
	169
Best Secondary Education Schools	232
	291

In 2021, 34 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from North Park. This makes it the #37 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at North Park

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

North Park Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of secondary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at North Park 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 North Park University with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

North Park Secondary Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students earned a master's degree in secondary teaching from North Park. About 44% of these graduates were women and the other 56% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. North Park does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 19% more men than average.

In the secondary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Early Childhood Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School 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 IL, the home state for North Park University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370

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 NPPyzixBlan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.