Secondary Education at Pacific 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 Pacific University stacks up to those at other schools.

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and approximately 3,808 students attend the school each year.

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.

Pacific Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

Pacific Secondary Education 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.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific Secondary Education Master’s Program

Of the 26 students who earned a master's degree in Secondary Education from Pacific in 2020-2021, 35% were men and 65% were women.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from Pacific, 69% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the secondary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Teacher Development & Methodology
• Teacher 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 OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
High School Teachers	10,390	$72,640

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.