Educational & Instructional Technology
Stem Major
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Educational & Instructional Technology degree recipients are Millcreek, UT, Indianapolis city (balance), IN, and Carrollton, GA. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Educational & Instructional Technology degree recipients are Chambersburg, PA, Carrollton, GA, and Wilkes-Barre, PA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Educational & Instructional Technology is a masters degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Educational & Instructional Technology and the types of students that study this field. Western Governors University awards the most degrees in Educational & Instructional Technology in the US, but Wilson College and Wilkes University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Educational & Instructional Technology.
Tuition costs for Educational & Instructional Technology majors are, on average, $7,737 for in-state public colleges, and $31,800 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Educational & Instructional Technology programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (198 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (4,282 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Educational & Instructional Technology, is Public, 4-year or above (4,282 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Educational & Instructional Technology programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Western Governors University has the most Educational & Instructional Technology degree recipients, with 2,099 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Educational & Instructional Technology.
Out of all institutions that offer Educational & Instructional Technology programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Wilson College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Educational & Instructional Technology, with 11.6%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Educational & Instructional Technology by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Educational & Instructional Technology.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ EDUCATION. graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for EDUCATION. majors is $60,101 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
The industry that employs the most EDUCATION. majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing.
The average salary for EDUCATION. majors is $60,101 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for EDUCATION. majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of EDUCATION. majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that EDUCATION. majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations EDUCATION. majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of EDUCATION. majors working as Elementary & middle school teachers, Special education teachers, and Secondary school teachers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for EDUCATION. majors are Physicians, Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, and Surgeons.
The number of EDUCATION. graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.236%, from 5.06M in 2020 to 5.07M in 2021.
The largest single share of EDUCATION. graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (34%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in EDUCATION. by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ EDUCATION. majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Child day care services.
The highest paying industries of EDUCATION. majors, by average wage, are Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing, Not specified utilities, and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing.
The number of EDUCATION. graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.236%, from 5.06M in 2020 to 5.07M in 2021.
The industry which employs the most EDUCATION. graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in EDUCATION..
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of EDUCATION. majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that EDUCATION. majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in EDUCATION. in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in EDUCATION. is 46.2.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Masters Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold EDUCATION. degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in EDUCATION. (5,733 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in EDUCATION.. The most common ages of employees with this major are 47 and 39 years old, which represent 2.62% and 2.44% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Educational & Instructional Technology are Masters Degree, Postbaccalaureate Certificate, and Post-Masters Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in EDUCATION. are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Educational & Instructional Technology.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Educational & Instructional Technology for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Masters Degree recipients in Educational & Instructional Technology.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in St Vincent & the Grenadines that hold EDUCATION. degrees (3.76 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (51,142 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Educational & Instructional Technology field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Educational & Instructional Technology majors need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Educational & Instructional Technology majors need more than the average amount of Installation, Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, Equipment Selection, Management of Material Resources, Troubleshooting, Technology Design, Management of Financial Resources, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Service Orientation, Management of Personnel Resources, Systems Analysis, Active Listening, Systems Evaluation, Operation Monitoring, Operations Analysis, Writing, Active Learning, Speaking, Monitoring, Operation and Control, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness, Critical Thinking, Time Management, Coordination, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Persuasion, Negotiation, Programming, Quality Control Analysis, Mathematics, and Science.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Educational & Instructional Technology majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Installation is very distinctive for majors, but the Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Writing, Active Learning, Monitoring, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Judgment and Decision Making, Social Perceptiveness, Complex Problem Solving, Systems Analysis, Time Management, Service Orientation, Coordination, Systems Evaluation, Management of Personnel Resources, Persuasion, Management of Material Resources, Negotiation, Operation Monitoring, Management of Financial Resources, Operations Analysis, Mathematics, Troubleshooting, Quality Control Analysis, Equipment Maintenance, Technology Design, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Repairing, Programming, and Science are the three most important skills for people in the field.
