Elementary Education at Millikin University

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

Millikin is located in Decatur, Illinois and has a total student population of 1,982. Of the 49 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Millikin University in 2021, 16 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.

Millikin Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Millikin Elementary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks elementary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how Millikin performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The elementary teaching major at Millikin 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
	236
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	247
	266
Best Elementary Education Schools	280
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	297
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	384
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	436
Best Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	519
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	553
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	644

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Millikin

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

Millikin Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Millikin 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 Millikin University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• 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 IL, the home state for Millikin 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 Paris25 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.