Secondary Education at Samford University

What traits are you looking for in a secondary teaching school? To help you decide if Samford University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's secondary teaching program.

Samford is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 5,729. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from Samford.

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.

Samford Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching
• Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

Samford Secondary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks secondary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how Samford performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The secondary teaching major at Samford 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
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	54
Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	65
Most Popular Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	66
	78
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	78
Most Focused Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	83
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	102
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	121
Best Secondary Education Schools	131
Best Value Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	132
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	135
	145
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	212
	221

In 2021, 21 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from Samford. This makes it the #66 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Samford

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

Samford Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education from Samford in 2020-2021, 8% were men and 92% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at Samford 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 Samford University with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Samford Secondary Education Master’s Program

Of the 21 students who earned a master's degree in Secondary Education from Samford in 2020-2021, 48% were men and 52% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. Samford does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from Samford, 100% 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 Samford University with a master's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Samford 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
• 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 AL, the home state for Samford University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
High School Teachers	16,270	$51,180

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 Sweetmoose6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.