Secondary Education at University of Missouri - Kansas City

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

UMKC is located in Kansas City, Missouri and has a total student population of 16,147.

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.

UMKC Secondary Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

UMKC Secondary Education Rankings

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at UMKC

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

UMKC Secondary Education Master’s Program

47% Women

47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of secondary teaching master's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. UMKC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from UMKC, 53% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the secondary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 - Kansas City.

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
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