Education at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

What traits are you looking for in a education school? To help you decide if Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's education program.

SRU is located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania and approximately 8,860 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 184 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.

SRU Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SRU

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

SRU Education Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #343 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at SRU

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

SRU Education Master’s Program

Of the 184 students who earned a master's degree in Education from SRU in 2020-2021, 9% were men and 91% were women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from SRU, 91% 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 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	167
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Special Education	96
Teacher Education Subject Specific	65
Student Counseling	18
Teaching English or French	12
Instructional Media Design	6
Educational Assessment	3

Related Majors

• History
• 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 PA, the home state for Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Elementary School Teachers	55,200	$66,860
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Teacher Assistants	46,610	$26,640
Middle School Teachers	21,640	$67,950
Preschool Teachers	13,480	$29,250

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 Blackngold29 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.