Education at Olivet Nazarene 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 Olivet Nazarene University stacks up to those at other schools.

Olivet Nazarene is located in Bourbonnais, Illinois and has a total student population of 3,764. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 251 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.

Olivet Nazarene Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Olivet Nazarene

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

• Master’s Degree

Olivet Nazarene Education Rankings

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #326 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at Olivet Nazarene

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

Olivet Nazarene Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 251 students earned a master's degree in education from Olivet Nazarene. About 90% of these graduates were women and the other 10% were men.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Olivet Nazarene, 78% 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 Olivet Nazarene University with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	197
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Subject Specific	144
Curriculum & Instruction	120
Teaching English or French	32
Special Education	25
Other Education	10
Educational Administration	6
Multilingual Education	5

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 IL, the home state for Olivet Nazarene University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Elementary School Teachers	65,630	$62,140
Teacher Assistants	60,630	$27,710
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Preschool Teachers	24,120	$31,500
Middle School Teachers	22,320	$63,860

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.