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Education at Southern New Hampshire University

If you plan to study education, take a look at what Southern New Hampshire University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and approximately 134,345 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 458 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.

SNHU Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SNHU

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

SNHU Education Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #444 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at SNHU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Southern New Hampshire University.

SNHU Education Master’s Program

83% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 458 education students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SNHU, about 17% were men and 83% were women.

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Of the students who received a education master's degree from SNHU, 62% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a master's in education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 44
Hispanic or Latino 22
White 284
International Students 14
Other Races/Ethnicities 90

Concentrations Within Education

Education majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern New Hampshire University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Curriculum & Instruction 192
General Education 182
Educational Administration 149
Teacher Education Grade Specific 37
Teaching English or French 31
Special Education 20
Teacher Education Subject Specific 1

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 NH, the home state for Southern New Hampshire University.

Occupation Jobs in NH Average Salary in NH
Teacher Assistants 9,360 $30,770
Elementary School Teachers 5,620 $58,230
High School Teachers 5,130 $61,510
Middle School Teachers 3,120 $57,640
Preschool Teachers 2,950 $30,860

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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