Secondary Education at West Virginia State University

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

WVSU is located in Institute, West Virginia and approximately 3,638 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 15 secondary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from WVSU.

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.

WVSU Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

WVSU Secondary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks secondary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how WVSU 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 WVSU 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 Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	46
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
	108
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	172
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	194
	215
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	243
Best Secondary Education Schools	396

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at WVSU

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

WVSU Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education from WVSU in 2020-2021, 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical secondary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at WVSU since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at WVSU 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 West Virginia State University with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WVSU 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 WV, the home state for West Virginia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
High School Teachers	3,790	$47,050

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 Richinstead under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.