Elementary Education at Iowa State University

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

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and approximately 31,822 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 195 elementary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from Iowa State.

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.

Iowa State Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Iowa State Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at Iowa State 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 Iowa State 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 Elementary Education Schools	51
	136
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	192
Most Focused Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	316
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	415
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	520

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

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Iowa State

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

Iowa State Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 195 elementary teaching students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Iowa State, about 14% were men and 86% were women. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at Iowa State since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Iowa State 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 Iowa State University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	160
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

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

Related Majors

• Teacher Development & Methodology
• 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 IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Elementary School Teachers	19,040	$54,500

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 Jamo2008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.