Education at Winthrop University

What traits are you looking for in a education school? To help you decide if Winthrop University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's education program.

Winthrop is located in Rock Hill, South Carolina and has a total student population of 5,576. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 110 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.

Winthrop Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at Winthrop

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

• Master’s Degree

Winthrop Education Rankings

Education Student Demographics at Winthrop

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

Winthrop Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of education master's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Winthrop, 82% 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 Winthrop University with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	90
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Education

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Student Counseling	29
Teacher Education Grade Specific	25
Instructional Media Design	22
Educational Administration	18
Special Education	17
Teacher Education Subject Specific	13

Related Majors

• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• 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 SC, the home state for Winthrop University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Elementary School Teachers	22,530	$51,240
Teacher Assistants	15,470	$23,240
High School Teachers	15,310	$54,400
Middle School Teachers	8,360	$52,520
Preschool Teachers	5,940	$28,940

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 Bill Fitzpatrick under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.