Education at Georgia State University

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

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 36,360. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 391 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.

Georgia State Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Georgia State

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Georgia State offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Georgia State Education Rankings

There were 46 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #75 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at Georgia State

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

Georgia State Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of education master's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	151
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	164
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Georgia State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Subject Specific	194
Special Education	62
Student Counseling	58
Teaching English or French	45
Teacher Education Grade Specific	43
Instructional Media Design	35
Educational Administration	15
Curriculum & Instruction	10
Educational Assessment	6
Education Philosophy	5
General Education	4

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• 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 GA, the home state for Georgia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Elementary School Teachers	53,940	$56,360
Teacher Assistants	37,150	$21,770
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Middle School Teachers	24,530	$58,190
Preschool Teachers	14,430	$30,910

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 Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.