Education at University of Connecticut

Every education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the education program at University of Connecticut stacks up to those at other schools.

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and has a total student population of 27,215.

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

UCONN Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UCONN

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UCONN offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:

UCONN Education Rankings

The education major at UCONN 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.

There were 29 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #141 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at UCONN since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at UCONN are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its 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 Connecticut with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	87
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UCONN Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of education master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in education each year. UCONN does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from UCONN, 74% 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 Connecticut with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	156
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Concentrations Within Education

Education majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Connecticut. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Curriculum & Instruction	153
Teacher Education Subject Specific	89
Special Education	68
Teacher Education Grade Specific	59
Educational Administration	57
General Education	37
Other Education	31
Student Counseling	15
Multilingual Education	13
Educational Assessment	13
Instructional Media Design	10

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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Teacher Assistants	22,930	$34,650
Elementary School Teachers	16,320	$75,480
High School Teachers	15,410	$76,980
Middle School Teachers	8,480	$76,130
Preschool Teachers	5,690	$43,350

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.