Memphis, TN (population: 662,989) has six education schools within its city limits. Christian Brothers University, the highest ranked school in the city with an education program, has a total student population of 1,926. It is the 2891st highest ranked school in the USA and the 80th highest in the state of Tennessee (#1 is Vanderbilt University). To learn more about education programs in Memphis, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of education professors at Christian Brothers University such as Samantha Alperin, and Deborah R. Dedrick.
Education students from Memphis schools who go on to become teachers, educators, adult educators, professors, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 56,880 people working as education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,160. Also, Kindergarten teachers make on average $50,380 per year and there are about 181,810 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Memphis-MS-AR area alone, there are 870 employed kindergarten teachers earning an average salary of $49,100. Education teachers in this area earn $56,540/yr and there are 170 employed.
Memphis lies in Shelby county, which is one of the 26 counties in Tennessee. Overall, the Memphis-MS-AR area has 605,630 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.2% unemployment rate, $18.93/hr average worker wage, and a $39,380 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.277 out of every 1000 jobs in Memphis are held by education teachers, and 1.444/1000 are held by kindergarten teachers.
Of the 6 education schools in Memphis, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Memphis College of Art comes out as the most expensive ($19,962/yr) for education students, with Southwest Tennessee Community College as the lowest, reported at only $4,338/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Memphis |
| Southaven | MS | 47,625 | 1 | 27.9087 | 11 | 9.7 miles |
| Bartlett | TN | 47,744 | 0 | - | 0 | 12.3 miles |
| Senatobia | MS | - | 1 | 17.4796 | 114 | 34.1 miles |
| Jonesboro | AR | 66,734 | 1 | 24.4204 | 8 | 62.3 miles |
| State University | AR | - | 1 | 57.8251 | 135 | 63.1 miles |