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Education at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

If you are interested in studying education, you may want to check out the program at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNC Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and has a total student population of 30,146. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 265 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.

UNC Charlotte Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UNC Charlotte

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

UNC Charlotte Education Rankings

There were 47 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #72 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at UNC Charlotte

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte Education Master’s Program

86% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 265 students who graduated with a master’s in education from UNC Charlotte in 2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

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Of the students who received a education master's degree from UNC Charlotte, 63% 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 35% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a master's in education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 62
Hispanic or Latino 23
White 167
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

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 University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific 439
Educational Administration 111
Student Counseling 73
Instructional Media Design 40
Special Education 39
Curriculum & Instruction 21
Teacher Education Subject Specific 19
Educational Assessment 5
Teaching English or French 2

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Elementary School Teachers 40,830 $46,500
Teacher Assistants 31,090 $23,960
High School Teachers 25,240 $47,580
Middle School Teachers 18,640 $47,050
Preschool Teachers 16,110 $28,260

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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