Education at Saint Mary’s College of California

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

SMC is located in Moraga, California and approximately 3,439 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 133 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.

SMC Education Degrees Available

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

SMC Education Rankings

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #388 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Saint Mary’s College of California.

SMC Education Master’s Program

Of the 133 education students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SMC, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Saint Mary's College of California with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	40
White	62
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

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 Saint Mary's College of California. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	129
Special Education	57
Student Counseling	57
Educational Administration	34
Teacher Education Subject Specific	26
General Education	9

Related Majors

• Psychology

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 Saint Mary's College of California.

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 Smcj0001 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.