Education at University of South Florida - Main Campus

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

USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and approximately 50,626 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 327 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.

USF Tampa Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at USF Tampa

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.

USF Tampa does offer online education options in education for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

USF Tampa Education Rankings

There were 87 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at USF Tampa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at University of South Florida - Main Campus.

USF Tampa Education Master’s Program

Of the 327 students who earned a master's degree in Education from USF Tampa in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from USF Tampa, 66% 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 South Florida - Main Campus with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	215
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Concentrations Within Education

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Curriculum & Instruction	140
Educational Administration	112
Teacher Education Subject Specific	70
Teacher Education Grade Specific	38
Special Education	29
Instructional Media Design	21
Teaching English or French	9
Student Counseling	7
General Education	3

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Library Science
• 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 FL, the home state for University of South Florida - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Elementary School Teachers	75,750	$50,070
Teacher Assistants	50,440	$25,010
High School Teachers	47,960	$54,120
Middle School Teachers	30,110	$53,140
Preschool Teachers	25,940	$27,990

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 Rick DeBow under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.