Education at National University

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

National University is located in San Diego, California and approximately 18,070 students attend the school each year.

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

National University Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Master’s Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at National University

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? National University offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

National University Education Rankings

Education Student Demographics at National University

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

National University Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of education master's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in education each year. National University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	78
Black or African American	80
Hispanic or Latino	512
White	611
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	205

Concentrations Within Education

The following education concentations are available at National University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from National University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education	1,075
Special Education	433
Educational Administration	182
Student Counseling	132
Teacher Education Grade Specific	54
Instructional Media Design	41
Multilingual Education	9
Teacher Education Subject Specific	1

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 CA, the home state for National 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 University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.