Education at Texas A&M University - Commerce

If you plan to study education, take a look at what Texas A&M University - Commerce has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Texas A&M Commerce is located in Commerce, Texas and approximately 12,249 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 308 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.

Texas A&M Commerce Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Texas A&M Commerce

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? Texas A&M Commerce offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Texas A&M Commerce Education Rankings

There were 65 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #41 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at Texas A&M Commerce

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Texas A&M University - Commerce.

Texas A&M Commerce Education Master’s Program

The education program at Texas A&M Commerce awarded 308 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Texas A&M Commerce, 65% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas A&M University - Commerce with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	54
White	199
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

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 Texas A&M University - Commerce. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Educational Administration	174
Curriculum & Instruction	70
Student Counseling	49
Teacher Education Grade Specific	31
Instructional Media Design	21
Special Education	11
General Education	11
Teacher Education Subject Specific	6

Related Majors

• History
• Psychology
• Social Sciences
• Library Science

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 TX, the home state for Texas A&M University - Commerce.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Elementary School Teachers	136,780	$56,520
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Teacher Assistants	88,700	$23,290
Middle School Teachers	66,470	$56,580
Preschool Teachers	34,790	$34,960

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.