Elementary Education at Point Park University

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

Point Park is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,591 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 13 elementary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from Point Park.

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.

Point Park Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Point Park Elementary Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The elementary teaching major at Point Park 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
	523
Best Elementary Education Schools	532
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	593
	612
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	704

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Point Park

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

Point Park Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 elementary teaching students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Point Park, about 8% were men and 92% were women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Point Park 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 Point Park 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	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Secondary Education
• Adult & Continuing 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 PA, the home state for Point Park University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Elementary School Teachers	55,200	$66,860

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 J. James under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.