Education at The College of New Jersey

If you plan to study education, take a look at what The College of New Jersey has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

TCNJ is located in Ewing, New Jersey and approximately 7,783 students attend the school each year.

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

TCNJ Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Master’s Degree in Education

TCNJ Education Rankings

The education major at TCNJ is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Education Student Demographics at TCNJ

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at The College of New Jersey.

TCNJ Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at TCNJ 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 The College of New Jersey with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	179
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

TCNJ Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of education master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from TCNJ, 65% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The College of New Jersey with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	188
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	52

Concentrations Within Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The College of New Jersey. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	199
Special Education	151
Educational Administration	117
Teacher Education Subject Specific	113
Teaching English or French	53
Student Counseling	48
Multilingual Education	44

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 NJ, the home state for The College of New Jersey.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Teacher Assistants	55,130	$29,150
Elementary School Teachers	41,600	$70,660
High School Teachers	29,140	$76,390
Middle School Teachers	24,980	$72,290
Preschool Teachers	15,820	$40,880

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 Tomwsulcer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.