Elementary Education at Indiana Wesleyan University

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

IWU is located in Marion, Indiana and has a total student population of 3,108. In 2021, 38 elementary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from IWU.

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.

IWU Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

IWU Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at IWU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The elementary teaching major at IWU 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
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	158
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	164
	178
Best Elementary Education Schools	189
	203
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	223
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	231
Best Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	280
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	382

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at IWU

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

IWU Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% 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 IWU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at IWU 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 Indiana Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 IN, the home state for Indiana Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Elementary School Teachers	26,520	$52,360

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 Manutdglory under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.