Secondary Education at University of Portland

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

University of Portland is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 3,999 students attend the school each year. Of the 30 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Portland in 2021, 12 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.

University of Portland Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

University of Portland Secondary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks secondary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how University of Portland 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 University of Portland 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	84
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	91
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	93
	155
Best Secondary Education Schools	159
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	186
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	203
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	213
	305
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	397

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at University of Portland

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

University of Portland Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education from University of Portland in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at University of Portland 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 Portland with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

University of Portland 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 OR, the home state for University of Portland.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
High School Teachers	10,390	$72,640

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.