Secondary Education at Whitworth University

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 Whitworth University stacks up to those at other schools.

Whitworth is located in Spokane, Washington and has a total student population of 2,756. In 2021, 13 secondary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from Whitworth.

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.

Whitworth Secondary Education Degrees Available

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

Whitworth Secondary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the secondary teaching progam at Whitworth compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Whitworth 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
	4
Best Secondary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	7
Most Focused Secondary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	8
	19
Best Value Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	19
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Popular Secondary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	23
Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	24
	32
Most Focused Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	36
	53
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	57
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	72
Most Popular Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	74
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	80
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	143

In 2021, 19 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from Whitworth. This makes it the #74 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Whitworth

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

Whitworth Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students earned a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from Whitworth. About 62% of these graduates were women and the other 38% were men. The typical secondary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Whitworth since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at Whitworth 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 Whitworth 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	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Whitworth Secondary Education Master’s Program

The secondary teaching program at Whitworth awarded 19 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 32% of these degrees went to men with the other 68% going to women.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from Whitworth, 74% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Montessori Teacher Education
• 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 WA, the home state for Whitworth University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550

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 Charlesdrakew under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.