Elementary Education at Calvin University

Every elementary education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the elementary teaching program at Calvin University stacks up to those at other schools.

Calvin is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and has a total student population of 3,307. In 2021, 52 elementary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from Calvin.

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.

Calvin Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Calvin Elementary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks elementary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how Calvin performed in these rankings.

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 Calvin 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	56
Best Elementary Education Schools	68
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	123
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	172
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	187
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	222
	237
	269
Best Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	334
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	460

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Calvin

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

Calvin Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 52 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Calvin in 2020-2021, 12% were men and 88% were women. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at Calvin since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Calvin 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 Calvin University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	42
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 MI, the home state for Calvin University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Elementary School Teachers	38,330	$66,180

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 Romano1246 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.