Education at University of Nebraska at Omaha

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

UNOMAHA is located in Omaha, Nebraska and approximately 15,892 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 227 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.

UNOMAHA Education Degrees Available

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

UNOMAHA Education Rankings

There were 20 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #204 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at UNOMAHA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at University of Nebraska at Omaha.

UNOMAHA Education Master’s Program

The education program at UNOMAHA awarded 227 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 15% of these degrees went to men with the other 85% going to women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from UNOMAHA, 83% 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 University of Nebraska at Omaha with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	188
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	25

Concentrations Within Education

The following education concentations are available at University of Nebraska at Omaha. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Nebraska at Omaha. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	93
Student Counseling	58
Special Education	51
Educational Administration	37
Teacher Education Subject Specific	10
Teaching English or French	8

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• History
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

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 NE, the home state for University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Teacher Assistants	11,040	$26,540
Elementary School Teachers	9,920	$57,490
High School Teachers	7,880	$57,500
Middle School Teachers	3,460	$60,280
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	2,400	$32,890

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 Beatmastermatt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.