Elementary Education at McKendree University

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

McKendree is located in Lebanon, Illinois and has a total student population of 2,200.

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.

McKendree Elementary Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at McKendree

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, McKendree does offer online courses in elementary teaching for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

McKendree Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at McKendree 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 McKendree

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

McKendree 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 8% men. So male students are more repesented at McKendree since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at McKendree 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 McKendree University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

McKendree Elementary Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of elementary teaching master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a elementary teaching master's degree from McKendree, 100% 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 McKendree University with a master's in elementary teaching.

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

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School 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 IL, the home state for McKendree University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Elementary School Teachers	65,630	$62,140

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 Robert Lawton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.