Elementary Education at Bradley University

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

Bradley is located in Peoria, Illinois and has a total student population of 5,855. In 2021, 31 elementary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from Bradley.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Elementary Education section at the bottom of this page.

Bradley Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Bradley Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at Bradley compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The elementary teaching major at Bradley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Elementary Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75
Best Elementary Education Schools	91
	207
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	272
Best Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	336
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	356
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	462
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	604

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Bradley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the elementary teaching majors at Bradley University.

Bradley Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students earned a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from Bradley. About 87% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at Bradley since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Bradley are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bradley University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Bradley also has a doctoral program available in elementary teaching. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• Early Childhood Education

Careers That Elementary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in elementary teaching can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Bradley University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Elementary School Teachers	65,630	$62,140

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 AscendedAnathema under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.