Secondary Education at University of South Carolina - Upstate

Every secondary education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the secondary teaching program at University of South Carolina - Upstate stacks up to those at other schools.

USC Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and has a total student population of 6,038. In 2021, 23 secondary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from USC Upstate.

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.

USC Upstate Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

USC Upstate Secondary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks secondary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how USC Upstate 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 USC Upstate 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	41
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	77
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	119
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	123
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	143
	164
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	250
Best Secondary Education Schools	266
	330

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at USC Upstate

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

USC Upstate Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students earned a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from USC Upstate. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men. The typical secondary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at USC Upstate since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at USC Upstate 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 South Carolina - Upstate with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

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

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

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• Elementary Education
• Early Childhood Education
• Teacher Development & Methodology

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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Upstate.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
High School Teachers	15,310	$54,400

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 Dfscgt21 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.