Teacher Education Subject Specific at Western Washington University

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

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and approximately 15,197 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Teacher Education Subject Specific section at the bottom of this page.

WWU Teacher Education Subject Specific Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Subject Specific Ed

WWU Teacher Education Subject Specific Rankings

The subject specific ed major at WWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Teacher Education Subject Specific. 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.

Subject Specific Ed Student Demographics at WWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the subject specific ed majors at Western Washington University.

WWU Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of subject specific ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. The typical subject specific ed bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at WWU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in subject specific ed at WWU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its subject specific ed bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Washington University with a bachelor's in subject specific ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	42
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Teacher Education Subject Specific

If you plan to be a subject specific ed major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Western Washington University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Music Education	10
Mathematics Education	8
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	8
Science Education	8
History Education	6
Social Science Teacher Education	4
Art Education	3
Chemistry Education	2
Earth Science Teacher Education	2
Biology Education	1
French Language Teacher Education	1
Spanish Education	1

Related Majors

• Student Counseling
• Instructional Media Design
• Educational Administration
• Special Education
• Teacher Education Grade Specific

Careers That Subject Specific Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in subject specific ed can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Western Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Elementary School Teachers	26,900	$65,180
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
Coaches and Scouts	12,520	$43,420
Middle School Teachers	9,070	$65,630
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	8,670	$54,220

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.