Elementary Education at Eastern Michigan University

If you are interested in studying elementary education, you may want to check out the program at Eastern Michigan University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and approximately 16,294 students attend the school each year. Of the 242 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University in 2021, 31 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.

Eastern Michigan Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Eastern Michigan Elementary Education Rankings

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

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 Eastern Michigan 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
	221

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in elementary teaching from Eastern Michigan. This is the #316 most popular school for elementary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Eastern Michigan

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

Eastern Michigan Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 31 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Eastern Michigan in 2020-2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Eastern Michigan 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 Eastern Michigan University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• Online Educator/Online Teaching
• 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 MI, the home state for Eastern Michigan 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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.