Elementary Education at Governors State University

What traits are you looking for in a elementary teaching school? To help you decide if Governors State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's elementary teaching program.

GSU is located in University Park, Illinois and approximately 4,650 students attend the school each year. Of the 48 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Governors State University in 2021, 25 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.

GSU Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

GSU Elementary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks elementary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how GSU 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 GSU 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	222
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	309
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	324
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	418
	420
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	456
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	482
	497
Best Elementary Education Schools	560
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	571

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at GSU

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

GSU Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

The elementary teaching program at GSU awarded 25 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 4% of these degrees went to men with the other 96% going to women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at GSU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Governors State University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

GSU 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 IL, the home state for Governors State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Elementary School Teachers	65,630	$62,140

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 User:Astuishin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.