Secondary Education at Mount St Mary’s University

If you plan to study secondary education, take a look at what Mount St Mary's University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

The Mount is located in Emmitsburg, Maryland and has a total student population of 2,560.

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

The Mount Secondary Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

Online Classes Are Available at The Mount

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, The Mount does offer online courses in secondary teaching for the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

The Mount Secondary Education Rankings

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at The Mount

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the secondary teaching majors at Mount St Mary’s University.

The Mount Secondary Education Master’s Program

55% Women

36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of secondary teaching master's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. The Mount does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from The Mount, 64% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the secondary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mount St Mary's University with a master's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Elementary Education

Careers That Secondary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in secondary teaching can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MD, the home state for Mount St Mary's University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
High School Teachers	19,330	$72,610

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
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