Education at University of St Thomas Minnesota

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

UST MN is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 9,792 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 166 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.

UST MN Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UST MN

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? UST MN offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UST MN Education Rankings

There were 25 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #162 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at UST MN

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at University of St Thomas Minnesota.

UST MN Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 166 education majors earned their master's degree from UST MN. Of these graduates, 39% were men and 61% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in education each year. UST MN does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from UST MN, 56% were white. This is below 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 St Thomas Minnesota with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	93
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

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 University of St Thomas Minnesota. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Special Education	92
Educational Administration	52
Teacher Education Grade Specific	31
Teacher Education Subject Specific	7
Other Education	7
Curriculum & Instruction	3

Related Majors

• Psychology

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 MN, the home state for University of St Thomas Minnesota.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Teacher Assistants	34,800	$32,120
Elementary School Teachers	22,940	$64,950
High School Teachers	20,940	$64,610
Middle School Teachers	11,510	$61,410
Preschool Teachers	8,180	$37,500

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 Mulad under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.