Teacher Education at University of California - Berkeley

What traits are you looking for in a teacher education school? To help you decide if University of California - Berkeley is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's teacher education program.

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and approximately 42,327 students attend the school each year.

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

UC Berkeley Teacher Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teacher Education

UC Berkeley Teacher Education 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.

Teacher Education Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teacher education majors at University of California - Berkeley.

UC Berkeley Teacher Education Master’s Program

Of the 50 teacher education students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UC Berkeley, about 22% were men and 78% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in teacher education each year. UC Berkeley does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the teacher education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 56% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Berkeley with a master's in teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

Careers That Teacher Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in teacher 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Elementary School Teachers	162,440	$80,100
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510

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 LAgirl5252 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.