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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

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In 2021, 45 students received their master’s degree in education from Purdue Northwest. This makes it the #97 most popular school for education master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Purdue Northwest Education Graduates

The median salary of education students who receive their bachelor's degree at Purdue Northwest is $39,705. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 17% higher than the national average of $33,820 for all education bachelor's degree recipients.

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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

82% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The education program at Purdue Northwest awarded 45 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 18% of these degrees went to men with the other 82% going to women.

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Of the students who received a education master's degree from Purdue Northwest, 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 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 7
White 30
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Purdue Northwest also has a doctoral program available in education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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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