Elementary Education at Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Every elementary education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the elementary teaching program at Northwestern State University of Louisiana stacks up to those at other schools.

NSU is located in Natchitoches, Louisiana and approximately 11,447 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 elementary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from NSU.

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.

NSU Elementary Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NSU

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

• Master’s Degree

NSU Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at NSU 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 NSU 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	59
Most Popular Elementary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	59
Most Popular Online Elementary Education Schools	86
Most Focused Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	183
	201
	223
Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	263
Best Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	329
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	453
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	528
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	542
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	549
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	770
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	787

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in elementary teaching from NSU. This makes it the #159 most popular school for elementary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at NSU

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

NSU Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from NSU in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at NSU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Northwestern State University of Louisiana with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NSU Elementary Education Master’s Program

Of the 11 students who graduated with a master’s in elementary teaching from NSU in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a elementary teaching master's degree from NSU, 64% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the elementary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Teacher Development & Methodology
• Adult & Continuing Education
• Early Childhood 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 LA, the home state for Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Elementary School Teachers	24,070	$48,740

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 Fitzed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.