Secondary Education at University of Missouri - St Louis

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

UMSL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and approximately 13,874 students attend the school each year. Of the 170 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Missouri - St Louis 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.

UMSL Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching
• Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

Online Classes Are Available at UMSL

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

UMSL does offer online education options in secondary teaching for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UMSL Secondary Education Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The secondary teaching major at UMSL 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 Online Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Online Secondary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	11
Best Secondary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	21
Most Focused Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	27
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Best Value Secondary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	31
	32
Most Popular Secondary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	36
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	92
Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	142
	175
	198
Best Value Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	223
	341

In 2021, 91 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from UMSL. This makes it the #8 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at UMSL

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

UMSL Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 secondary teaching majors earned their bachelor's degree from UMSL. Of these graduates, 48% were men and 52% were women. The typical secondary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at UMSL since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at UMSL 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 - St Louis with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

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

UMSL Secondary Education Master’s Program

Of the 91 students who earned a master's degree in Secondary Education from UMSL in 2020-2021, 24% were men and 76% were women.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from UMSL, 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 Missouri - St Louis with a master's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	68
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UMSL 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 MO, the home state for University of Missouri - St Louis.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.