Education at Belhaven University

Every education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the education program at Belhaven University stacks up to those at other schools.

Belhaven is located in Jackson, Mississippi and has a total student population of 4,999. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 209 students received their master's degree in education.

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

Belhaven Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education
• Doctorate Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at Belhaven

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? Belhaven offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Belhaven Education Rankings

There were 32 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #124 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at Belhaven

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Belhaven University.

Belhaven Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 209 students earned a master's degree in education from Belhaven. About 85% of these graduates were women and the other 15% were men.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	78
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	92

Concentrations Within Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Belhaven University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Educational Administration	118
General Education	98
Curriculum & Instruction	86
Teacher Education Subject Specific	25
Teacher Education Grade Specific	12

Related Majors

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for Belhaven University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Elementary School Teachers	13,390	$43,860
Teacher Assistants	10,710	$19,940
High School Teachers	8,920	$47,190
Middle School Teachers	5,510	$46,370
Preschool Teachers	2,820	$27,940

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 David Lazich under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.