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Education at Louisiana Tech University

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

Louisiana Tech is located in Ruston, Louisiana and approximately 11,126 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 66 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.

Louisiana Tech Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Louisiana Tech

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? Louisiana Tech offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Louisiana Tech Education Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #343 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at Louisiana Tech

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

Louisiana Tech Education Master’s Program

82% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 66 students earned a master's degree in education from Louisiana Tech. About 82% of these graduates were women and the other 18% were men.

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Of the students who received a education master's degree from Louisiana Tech, 76% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 50
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Educational Administration 38
Teacher Education Grade Specific 27
Student Counseling 19
Curriculum & Instruction 5
Special Education 4
Teacher Education Subject Specific 1

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 LA, the home state for Louisiana Tech University.

Occupation Jobs in LA Average Salary in LA
Elementary School Teachers 24,070 $48,740
Teacher Assistants 17,110 $21,510
High School Teachers 13,930 $51,810
Middle School Teachers 6,750 $49,960
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors 4,970 $55,500

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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