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General Education at Purdue University Northwest

General Education at Purdue University Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest is located in Hammond, Indiana and approximately 9,363 students attend the school each year.

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

Purdue Northwest General Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Education

Purdue Northwest General Education Rankings

Education Student Demographics at Purdue Northwest

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Purdue University Northwest.

Purdue Northwest General Education Master’s Program

92% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of education master's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

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Of the students who received a education master's degree from Purdue Northwest, 77% 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 Purdue University Northwest with a master's in education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 20
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within General 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 Purdue University Northwest. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education 46

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University Northwest.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Education Professors 1,540 $70,110

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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