Secondary Education at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year.

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.

UIUC Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

UIUC Secondary Education Rankings

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In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from UIUC. This makes it the #151 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the secondary teaching majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Secondary Education Master’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a master's degree in Secondary Education from UIUC in 2020-2021, 63% were men and 38% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. UIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 26% more men than average.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from UIUC, 75% 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Early Childhood Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.