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Elementary Education at Liberty University

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

Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 93,349. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 369 students received a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from Liberty University.

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.

Liberty University Elementary Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Liberty University

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? Liberty University offers distance education options for elementary teaching at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

Liberty University Elementary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks elementary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how Liberty University 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 Liberty University 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 Popular Online Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 3
Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools 259
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools 414
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 580
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Best Elementary Education Schools 695

In 2021, 326 students received their master’s degree in elementary teaching from Liberty University. This makes it the #3 most popular school for elementary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Liberty University

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

Liberty University Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

91% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The elementary teaching program at Liberty University awarded 369 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 9% of these degrees went to men with the other 91% going to women.

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About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Liberty University are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 26
Hispanic or Latino 21
White 213
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 107

Liberty University Elementary Education Master’s Program

93% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 326 students who earned a master's degree in Elementary Education from Liberty University in 2020-2021, 7% were men and 93% were women.

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Of the students who received a elementary teaching master's degree from Liberty University, 56% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 25
Hispanic or Latino 15
White 183
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 96

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

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 VA, the home state for Liberty University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Elementary School Teachers 36,450 $67,610

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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