Education at Dominican University

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

Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and has a total student population of 3,189. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 68 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.

Dominican U Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education

Dominican U Education Rankings

Education Student Demographics at Dominican U

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

Dominican U Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 68 education majors earned their master's degree from Dominican U. Of these graduates, 22% were men and 78% were women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Dominican U, 63% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 Dominican University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Special Education	26
Teaching English or French	19
Teacher Education Grade Specific	18
Multilingual Education	3
Instructional Media Design	2

Related Majors

• Library Science

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 IL, the home state for Dominican University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Elementary School Teachers	65,630	$62,140
Teacher Assistants	60,630	$27,710
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Preschool Teachers	24,120	$31,500
Middle School Teachers	22,320	$63,860

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 HalloweenHJB under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.