Education at Canisius College

What traits are you looking for in a education school? To help you decide if Canisius College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's education program.

Canisius is located in Buffalo, New York and approximately 2,820 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 161 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.

Canisius Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at Canisius

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

• Master’s Degree

Canisius Education Rankings

Education Student Demographics at Canisius

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

Canisius Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of education master's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in education each year. Canisius does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Canisius, 61% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	98
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	32

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 Canisius College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Educational Administration	79
Teacher Education Grade Specific	39
Teacher Education Subject Specific	28
Special Education	21
Student Counseling	20
Teaching English or French	10
Instructional Media Design	7
General Education	3
Multilingual Education	1

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

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 NY, the home state for Canisius College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Teacher Assistants	123,960	$31,330
Elementary School Teachers	82,590	$83,010
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Middle School Teachers	39,950	$83,490
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers	31,840	$56,060

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 Andre Carrotflower under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.