Secondary Education at University of Alabama in Huntsville

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

UAH is located in Huntsville, Alabama and approximately 9,999 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 14 secondary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from UAH.

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.

UAH Secondary Education Degrees Available

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

UAH Secondary Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The secondary teaching major at UAH 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	75
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	81
	102
	123
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	132
Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	134
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	146
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	155
Best Value Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	191
Most Popular Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	230
	232
Most Focused Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	243
Best Secondary Education Schools	252
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	262
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	282

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from UAH. This makes it the #230 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at UAH

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

UAH Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education from UAH in 2020-2021, 7% were men and 93% were women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at UAH 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 University of Alabama in Huntsville with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UAH Secondary Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a master's degree in secondary teaching from UAH. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. UAH does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 30% more men than average.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from UAH, 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 University of Alabama in Huntsville with a master's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Teacher Education
• Elementary 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 University of Alabama in Huntsville.

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 Spyder_Monkey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.