Elementary Education at Brooklyn College

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

Brooklyn College is located in Brooklyn, New York and has a total student population of 17,735.

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.

Brooklyn College Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching
• Master’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Brooklyn College Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at Brooklyn College 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.

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Brooklyn College

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

Brooklyn College Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 8% men. So male students are more repesented at Brooklyn College since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 56% more racial-ethnic minorities in its elementary teaching bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	33
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Brooklyn College Elementary Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of elementary teaching master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 8% men graduate in elementary teaching each year. Brooklyn College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

In the elementary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 47% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	14
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 NY, the home state for Brooklyn College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Elementary School Teachers	82,590	$83,010

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 Gabriel Liendo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.