Secondary Education at University of Kansas

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

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and has a total student population of 26,744. Of the 144 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Kansas in 2021, 29 of them were secondary education majors.

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.

KU Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

KU Secondary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the secondary teaching progam at KU 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 KU 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
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	92
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	381

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at KU

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

KU Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from KU. About 34% were men and 66% were women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at KU are white. This is above average 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 secondary teaching bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Kansas with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

KU 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
• 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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
High School Teachers	11,660	$51,490

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 Arnhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.