Teacher Education at University of Central Florida

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

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and has a total student population of 71,881. Of the 899 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Central Florida in 2021, 25 of them were teacher education majors.

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.

UCF Teacher Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Teacher Education

UCF Teacher Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the teacher education progam at UCF 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 teacher education major at UCF is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Teacher 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 Value Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Focused Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	73

Teacher Education Student Demographics at UCF

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

UCF Teacher Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in teacher education from UCF in 2021, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical teacher education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UCF since its program graduates 32% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teacher education at UCF are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its teacher education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Florida with a bachelor's in teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UCF also has a doctoral program available in teacher education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Teacher Development & Methodology
• Secondary Education
• Early Childhood Education
• Elementary Education

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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Elementary School Teachers	75,750	$50,070
High School Teachers	47,960	$54,120

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

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