Elementary Education at Brigham Young University - Provo

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

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and has a total student population of 36,461. In 2021, 129 elementary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from BYU.

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.

BYU Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

BYU Elementary Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The elementary teaching major at BYU 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
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	59
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	168
Best Elementary Education Schools	194
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Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at BYU

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

BYU Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 129 students earned a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from BYU. About 98% of these graduates were women and the other 2% were men.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at BYU 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 Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	112
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education
• Teacher Development & Methodology

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 UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Elementary School Teachers	11,990	$59,880

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 Mwilson3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.