Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor at Wilkes University

If you are interested in studying teaching english as a second or foreign language/esl language instructor, you may want to check out the program at Wilkes University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Wilkes is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 4,781.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor section at the bottom of this page.

Wilkes Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

Online Classes Are Available at Wilkes

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Wilkes does offer online courses in teaching english as a second or foreign language/esl language instructor for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Wilkes Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Rankings

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Student Demographics at Wilkes

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teaching english as a second or foreign language/esl language instructor majors at Wilkes University.

Wilkes Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of teaching english as a second or foreign language/esl language instructor master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

Of the students who received a teaching english as a second or foreign language/esl language instructor master's degree from Wilkes, 85% 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 Wilkes University with a master's in teaching english as a second or foreign language/esl language instructor.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Grads May Go Into

A degree in teaching english as a second or foreign language/esl language instructor can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Wilkes University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Elementary School Teachers	55,200	$66,860
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Middle School Teachers	21,640	$67,950
Kindergarten Teachers	3,350	$62,510

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 Jrmski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.