Secondary Education at University of South Alabama

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

USA is located in Mobile, Alabama and has a total student population of 14,224. In 2021, 22 secondary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from USA.

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.

USA Secondary Education Degrees Available

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

USA Secondary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks secondary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how USA 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 USA 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	44
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	46
Most Popular Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	56
	130
Most Focused Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	130
Best Value Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	154
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	159
	184
Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	187
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	202
	285
Best Secondary Education Schools	322

In 2021, 25 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from USA. This makes it the #56 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at USA

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

USA Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 secondary teaching students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from USA, about 27% were men and 73% were women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at USA are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 South Alabama with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

USA Secondary Education Master’s Program

Of the 25 students who graduated with a master’s in secondary teaching from USA in 2021, 36% were men and 64% were women.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from USA, 80% 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 South Alabama with a master's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

USA 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 AL, the home state for University of South Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
High School Teachers	16,270	$51,180

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 Ä â€™asil under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.