Education at Kean University

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

Kean is located in Union, New Jersey and approximately 14,064 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 217 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.

Kean Education Degrees Available

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

Kean Education Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #425 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at Kean

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

Kean Education Master’s Program

Of the 217 students who graduated with a master’s in education from Kean in 2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Kean, 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 39% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	45
White	113
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Special Education	87
Student Counseling	76
Educational Administration	32
Teacher Education Grade Specific	25
Teacher Education Subject Specific	1

Related Majors

• Social Sciences
• 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 NJ, the home state for Kean University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Teacher Assistants	55,130	$29,150
Elementary School Teachers	41,600	$70,660
High School Teachers	29,140	$76,390
Middle School Teachers	24,980	$72,290
Preschool Teachers	15,820	$40,880

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 Daniel Collins under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.