Education at University of Mary Washington

If you plan to study education, take a look at what University of Mary Washington has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UMW is located in Fredericksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 4,293.

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

UMW Education Degrees Available

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

UMW Education Rankings

The education major at UMW 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.

Education Student Demographics at UMW

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

UMW Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at UMW are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UMW Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of education master's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from UMW, 87% 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 Mary Washington with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	81
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Mary Washington. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education	75
Teacher Education Grade Specific	38
Special Education	1

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 VA, the home state for University of Mary Washington.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Elementary School Teachers	36,450	$67,610
Teacher Assistants	31,030	$28,000
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Middle School Teachers	17,130	$66,870
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	12,720	$41,370

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 Morgan Riley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.