Secondary Education at Western New Mexico University

If you plan to study secondary education, take a look at what Western New Mexico University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Western New Mexico University is located in Silver City, New Mexico and approximately 2,896 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from Western New Mexico University.

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.

Western New Mexico University Secondary Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Western New Mexico University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Western New Mexico University offers distance education options for secondary teaching at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Western New Mexico University Secondary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks secondary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how Western New Mexico University 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 Western New Mexico University 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	3
Most Popular Online Secondary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	3
Most Popular Online Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular Online Secondary Education Schools	8
Most Popular Secondary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	11
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	66
Most Focused Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	109
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	127
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	153
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	167
Most Popular Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	178

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from Western New Mexico University. This makes it the #178 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Western New Mexico University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the secondary teaching majors at Western New Mexico University.

Western New Mexico University Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from Western New Mexico University. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 49% 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 Western New Mexico University with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Western New Mexico University Secondary Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of secondary teaching master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. Western New Mexico University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

In the secondary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Western New Mexico University 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 Education
• Elementary Education
• Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching

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 NM, the home state for Western New Mexico University.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
High School Teachers	7,010	$55,380

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 AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.