Secondary Education at University of Missouri - Columbia

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

Mizzou is located in Columbia, Missouri and approximately 31,089 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 40 secondary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from Mizzou.

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.

Mizzou Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

Mizzou Secondary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks secondary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how Mizzou performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The secondary teaching major at Mizzou 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
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	63
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76
	142
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	172
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	248
	282

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Mizzou

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

Mizzou Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

The secondary teaching program at Mizzou awarded 40 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 48% of these degrees went to men with the other 53% going to women. The typical secondary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Mizzou since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at Mizzou 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 Missouri - Columbia with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Mizzou 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 MO, the home state for University of Missouri - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
High School Teachers	27,930	$54,280

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 Adam Procter under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.