Elementary Education at Kennesaw State University

If you are interested in studying elementary education, you may want to check out the program at Kennesaw State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

KSU Georgia is located in Kennesaw, Georgia and has a total student population of 41,181. Of the 346 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Kennesaw State University in 2021, 200 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.

KSU Georgia Elementary Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at KSU Georgia

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? KSU Georgia offers distance education options for elementary teaching at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

KSU Georgia Elementary Education Rankings

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

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 KSU Georgia 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	8
	80
Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	101
	113
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	151
Best Value Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	154
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	154

In 2021, 68 students received their master’s degree in elementary teaching from KSU Georgia. This makes it the #22 most popular school for elementary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in elementary teaching, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at KSU Georgia

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

KSU Georgia Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at KSU Georgia are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Kennesaw State University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	143
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

KSU Georgia Elementary Education Master’s Program

Of the 68 elementary teaching students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from KSU Georgia, about 1% were men and 99% were women.

Of the students who received a elementary teaching master's degree from KSU Georgia, 76% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	52
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

KSU Georgia 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
• Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• Secondary 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 GA, the home state for Kennesaw State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Elementary School Teachers	53,940	$56,360

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.