Education at Holy Names University

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

HNU is located in Oakland, California and approximately 1,014 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 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.

HNU Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education

HNU Education Rankings

Education Student Demographics at HNU

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

HNU Education Master’s Program

Of the 18 students who earned a master's degree in Education from HNU in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in education each year. HNU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from HNU, 61% 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 33% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Special Education	21
Teacher Education Grade Specific	11
Educational Administration	9
Teacher Education Subject Specific	4

Related Majors

• 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 CA, the home state for Holy Names University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Teacher Assistants	167,950	$35,350
Elementary School Teachers	162,440	$80,100
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Preschool Teachers	52,950	$37,850
Middle School Teachers	46,500	$75,660

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 HolyNamesWebmaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.