Secondary Education at Northwestern State University of Louisiana

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

NSU is located in Natchitoches, Louisiana and approximately 11,447 students attend the school each year.

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.

NSU Secondary Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching
Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

Online Classes Are Available at NSU

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.

NSU does offer online education options in secondary teaching for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Master’s Degree

NSU Secondary Education Rankings

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at NSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the secondary teaching majors at Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

NSU Secondary Education Master’s Program

50% Women

38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of secondary teaching master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. NSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from NSU, 63% 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 38% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern State University of Louisiana with a master's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 LA, the home state for Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
High School Teachers	13,930	$51,810

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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