Secondary Education at Wisconsin Lutheran College

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

WLC is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 1,166. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from WLC.

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.

WLC Secondary Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at WLC

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, WLC does offer online courses in secondary teaching for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

WLC Secondary Education Rankings

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

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 WLC 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
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
	14
Best Secondary Education Schools	19
	30
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	43
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	45
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	137
Most Popular Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	209
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	253

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from WLC. This makes it the #209 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at WLC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the secondary teaching majors at Wisconsin Lutheran College.

WLC Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of secondary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical secondary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at WLC since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at WLC 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 Wisconsin Lutheran College with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

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

WLC Secondary Education Master’s Program

Of the 4 secondary teaching students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from WLC, about 50% were men and 50% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. WLC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from WLC, 100% 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 Wisconsin Lutheran College with a master's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WLC 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
• Early Childhood 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 WI, the home state for Wisconsin Lutheran College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
High School Teachers	20,070	$58,360

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 txnetstars under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.