Elementary Education at Kean University

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

Kean is located in Union, New Jersey and approximately 14,064 students attend the school each year.

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.

Kean Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching
• Master’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Kean Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at Kean 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 Kean

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

Kean Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Kean are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Kean University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	56
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Kean Elementary Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of elementary teaching master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 8% men graduate in elementary teaching each year. Kean does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

In the elementary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 47% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Kean University with a master's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching

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 NJ, the home state for Kean University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Elementary School Teachers	41,600	$70,660

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 Daniel Collins under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.