Elementary Education at Saint Mary’s College of California

If you are interested in studying elementary education, you may want to check out the program at Saint Mary's College of California. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SMC is located in Moraga, California and approximately 3,439 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.

SMC Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

SMC Elementary Education Rankings

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Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the elementary teaching majors at Saint Mary’s College of California.

SMC Elementary Education Master’s Program

Of the 39 students who earned a master's degree in Elementary Education from SMC in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 9% men graduate in elementary teaching each year. SMC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

Of the students who received a elementary teaching master's degree from SMC, 54% 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 Saint Mary's College of California with a master's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Related Majors

• Early Childhood Education
• Montessori Teacher 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 CA, the home state for Saint Mary's College of California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Elementary School Teachers	162,440	$80,100

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 Smcj0001 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.