Distribution of Majors for the Middle School Math Teachers Used for the Transcript Study

Major

Statewide Percentage

Avg. Hours Math Credit

Elementary/Pre-Elementary Education

34%

15.4

Other Education Majors (Special Education, Middle School Education, Secondary Education [nonmath])

31%

22.8

Math

21%

40.6

Business/Accounting

3%

27.7

Humanities

3%

20.1

Math Education

3%

37.6

Social Sciences

3%

19.4

Other/Unknown

2%

29.2

Sciences

1%

28.1