Education at SUNY Potsdam

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

SUNY Potsdam is located in Potsdam, New York and has a total student population of 3,084. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 103 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.

SUNY Potsdam Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at SUNY Potsdam

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

SUNY Potsdam Education Rankings

Education Student Demographics at SUNY Potsdam

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at SUNY Potsdam.

SUNY Potsdam Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 103 education majors earned their master's degree from SUNY Potsdam. Of these graduates, 26% were men and 74% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in education each year. SUNY Potsdam does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from SUNY Potsdam, 82% 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 SUNY Potsdam with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	84
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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 SUNY Potsdam. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	45
Teacher Education Subject Specific	39
Curriculum & Instruction	16
Special Education	11
Instructional Media Design	3

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 NY, the home state for SUNY Potsdam.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Teacher Assistants	123,960	$31,330
Elementary School Teachers	82,590	$83,010
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Middle School Teachers	39,950	$83,490
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers	31,840	$56,060

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.