Education at University of Northwestern - St Paul

Every education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the education program at University of Northwestern - St Paul stacks up to those at other schools.

Northwestern is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 3,506 students attend the school each year.

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

Northwestern Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Master’s Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at Northwestern

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Master’s Degree

Northwestern Education Rankings

The education major at Northwestern is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Education Student Demographics at Northwestern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at University of Northwestern - St Paul.

Northwestern Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at Northwestern since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Northwestern 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 University of Northwestern - St Paul with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	28
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Northwestern Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of education master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Northwestern, 67% 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 University of Northwestern - St Paul with a master's in education.

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

Concentrations Within 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 University of Northwestern - St Paul. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	36
Teacher Education Subject Specific	16
Teaching English or French	5
General Education	4

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 MN, the home state for University of Northwestern - St Paul.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Teacher Assistants	34,800	$32,120
Elementary School Teachers	22,940	$64,950
High School Teachers	20,940	$64,610
Middle School Teachers	11,510	$61,410
Preschool Teachers	8,180	$37,500

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 Lawrence Albert Johnston under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.