Education at Capella University

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

Capella University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has a total student population of 38,930. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 767 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.

Capella University Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Capella University

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

• Master’s Degree

Capella University Education Rankings

There were 423 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at Capella University

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

Capella University Education Master’s Program

The education program at Capella University awarded 767 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 13% of these degrees went to men with the other 87% going to women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Capella University, 52% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	185
Hispanic or Latino	58
White	396
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	118

Concentrations Within Education

Education majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Capella University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Educational Administration	446
Student Counseling	361
Teacher Education Grade Specific	204
General Education	133
Curriculum & Instruction	116
Instructional Media Design	73
Special Education	51
Teacher Education Subject Specific	47
Other Education	24
Teaching English or French	8

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Psychology

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 MN, the home state for Capella University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Teacher Assistants	34,800	$32,120
Elementary School Teachers	22,940	$64,950
High School Teachers	20,940	$64,610
Middle School Teachers	11,510	$61,410
Preschool Teachers	8,180	$37,500

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.