Teacher Education Subject Specific at Georgia State University

If you plan to study teacher education subject specific, take a look at what Georgia State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 36,360. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 185 students received their master's degree in subject specific ed.

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

Georgia State Teacher Education Subject Specific Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Subject Specific Ed
• Doctorate Degree in Subject Specific Ed

Online Classes Are Available at Georgia State

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? Georgia State offers distance education options for subject specific ed at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Georgia State Teacher Education Subject Specific Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in subject specific ed, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Subject Specific Ed Student Demographics at Georgia State

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

Georgia State Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Program

Of the 185 subject specific ed students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Georgia State, about 34% were men and 66% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in subject specific ed each year. Georgia State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

In the subject specific ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 31% 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 subject specific ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	66
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	86
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Related Majors

• General Education
• Education Philosophy
• Educational Assessment
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Educational Administration

Careers That Subject Specific Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in subject specific ed 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
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Middle School Teachers	24,530	$58,190
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	6,030	$45,540
Health Specialties Professors	4,970	$119,400

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

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