Secondary Education at Salem State University

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

Salem State is located in Salem, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 7,242. Of the 113 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Salem State University in 2021, 7 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.

Salem State Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

Salem State Secondary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the secondary teaching progam at Salem State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Salem State 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 Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	125
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	138
Most Popular Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	273
	332
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	343
Best Secondary Education Schools	399

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from Salem State. This is the #273 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Salem State

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

Salem State Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education from Salem State in 2020-2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at Salem State 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 Salem State University with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

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

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

Related Majors

• Elementary Education
• Early Childhood 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 MA, the home state for Salem State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020

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 Fletcher6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.