Education at Messiah University

Every education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the education program at Messiah University stacks up to those at other schools.

Messiah is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,370. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 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.

Messiah Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at Messiah

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

• Master’s Degree

Messiah Education Rankings

Education Student Demographics at Messiah

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

Messiah Education Master’s Program

Of the 30 students who earned a master's degree in Education from Messiah in 2020-2021, 13% were men and 87% were women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Messiah, 80% 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 Messiah University with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	24
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education	20
Teacher Education Subject Specific	13
Educational Administration	11

Related Majors

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 PA, the home state for Messiah University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Elementary School Teachers	55,200	$66,860
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Teacher Assistants	46,610	$26,640
Middle School Teachers	21,640	$67,950
Preschool Teachers	13,480	$29,250

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 Badagnani under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.