Secondary Education at Wayne State University

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

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and has a total student population of 26,241. Of the 212 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wayne State University in 2021, 45 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.

Wayne State Secondary Education Degrees Available

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

Wayne State Secondary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the secondary teaching progam at Wayne State 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 Wayne State 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	14
Most Popular Secondary Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools	16
Most Focused Secondary Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools	16
	99
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	380

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from Wayne State. This makes it the #102 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Wayne State

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

Wayne State Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 45 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education from Wayne State in 2020-2021, 36% were men and 64% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at Wayne State 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 Wayne State University with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Wayne State Secondary Education Master’s Program

Of the 14 students who earned a master's degree in Secondary Education from Wayne State in 2020-2021, 36% were men and 64% were women.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from Wayne State, 71% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Teacher Development & Methodology
• 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 MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
High School Teachers	24,130	$62,950

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 Del arte under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.