Education at North Carolina State University

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

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and approximately 36,042 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 331 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.

NC State Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NC State

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.

NC State does offer online education options in education for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

NC State Education Rankings

There were 57 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #47 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at NC State

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

NC State Education Master’s Program

Of the 331 students who earned a master's degree in Education from NC State in 2020-2021, 19% were men and 81% were women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from NC State, 69% 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 North Carolina State University with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	60
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	227
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Concentrations Within Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from North Carolina State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	125
Educational Administration	96
Student Counseling	63
Teacher Education Subject Specific	60
Educational Assessment	38
Curriculum & Instruction	37
Instructional Media Design	19
Other Education	11
Special Education	3

Related Majors

• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

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 NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Elementary School Teachers	40,830	$46,500
Teacher Assistants	31,090	$23,960
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Middle School Teachers	18,640	$47,050
Preschool Teachers	16,110	$28,260

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 Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.