Elementary Education at College of the Ozarks

If you plan to study elementary education, take a look at what College of the Ozarks has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Hard Work U is located in Point Lookout, Missouri and approximately 1,489 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from Hard Work U.

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.

Hard Work U Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Hard Work U Elementary Education Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The elementary teaching major at Hard Work U 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 Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	205
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	285
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	485
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	617
	644
	752

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Hard Work U

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

Hard Work U Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from Hard Work U. About 23% were men and 77% were women. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at Hard Work U since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Hard Work U 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 College of the Ozarks with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Hard Work U 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 MO, the home state for College of the Ozarks.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Elementary School Teachers	25,670	$49,860

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 Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.