Secondary Education at Seattle Pacific University

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

SPU is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 3,601.

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.

SPU Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

SPU Secondary Education Rankings

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Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at SPU

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

SPU Secondary Education Master’s Program

Of the 88 secondary teaching students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SPU, about 34% were men and 66% were women.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from SPU, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the secondary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	53
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Related Majors

• Teacher Development & Methodology

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 WA, the home state for Seattle Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550

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 Westlake78 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.