Elementary Education at Furman 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 Furman University stacks up to those at other schools.

Furman is located in Greenville, South Carolina and has a total student population of 2,567.

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.

Furman Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Furman Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at Furman 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 Furman

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

Furman Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% 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 Furman since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Furman 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 Furman 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	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching
• Teacher Development & Methodology

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 SC, the home state for Furman University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Elementary School Teachers	22,530	$51,240

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 Greengrass090 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.