Secondary Education at University of Nevada - Reno

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

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and has a total student population of 20,722. In 2021, 16 secondary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from UNR.

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.

UNR Secondary Education Degrees Available

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

UNR Secondary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the secondary teaching progam at UNR 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 UNR 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
	20
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Most Popular Secondary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	38
	57
Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	61
Best Secondary Education Schools	65
	67
Most Popular Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	163
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	168
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	196
Most Focused Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	240

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from UNR. This makes it the #163 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at UNR

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

UNR Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 16 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in secondary teaching from UNR in 2021, 31% were men and 69% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Nevada - Reno with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UNR Secondary Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a master's degree in secondary teaching from UNR. About 57% of these graduates were women and the other 43% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. UNR does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from UNR, 71% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the secondary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

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

UNR also has a doctoral program available in secondary teaching. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• 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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Reno.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
High School Teachers	5,930	$57,910

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 delamare under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.