Elementary Education at Roosevelt University

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

Roosevelt is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 4,680 students attend the school each year.

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.

Roosevelt Elementary Education Degrees Available

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

Roosevelt Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt

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

Roosevelt Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 5% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Roosevelt Elementary Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of elementary teaching master's degrees went to men and 90% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 8% men graduate in elementary teaching each year. Roosevelt does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the elementary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 79% of degree recipients. That is 54% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• Teacher Development & Methodology
• Secondary Education
• 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 Roosevelt 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 Teemu008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.