Secondary Education at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649. In 2021, 31 secondary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from URI.

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.

URI Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

URI Secondary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the secondary teaching progam at URI compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 URI 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	26
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	83
	102
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	140
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	163
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	176
	201
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	306
Best Secondary Education Schools	320
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	389

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students earned a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from URI. About 68% of these graduates were women and the other 32% were men.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

URI 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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
High School Teachers	4,410	$71,440

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.