Elementary Education at East Central 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 East Central University stacks up to those at other schools.

ECU is located in Ada, Oklahoma and has a total student population of 3,608. Of the 28 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from East Central University in 2021, 14 of them were elementary education majors.

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.

ECU Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

ECU Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at ECU 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 ECU 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 Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	196
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	279
	408
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	469
	485
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	486
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	522
Best Elementary Education Schools	565
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	596
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	646

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at ECU since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at ECU 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 East Central University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Secondary Education
• 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 OK, the home state for East Central University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Elementary School Teachers	17,840	$40,450

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 Brad Holt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.