Elementary Education at Samford University

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

Samford is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 5,729 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 15 elementary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from Samford.

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.

Samford Elementary Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Samford

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Samford does offer online courses in elementary teaching for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Samford Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at Samford 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 Samford 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 Popular Elementary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	59
Most Focused Elementary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	59
Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	69
Best Value Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	138
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	158
	176
Best Elementary Education Schools	190
Most Popular Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	275
	278
Most Focused Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	288
	343
Best Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	380
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	458
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	477
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	531
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	698
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	817

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in elementary teaching from Samford. This makes it the #275 most popular school for elementary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Samford

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

Samford Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in elementary teaching from Samford in 2021, 7% were men and 93% were women.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Samford 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 Samford 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	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Samford Elementary Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of elementary teaching master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a elementary teaching master's degree from Samford, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Samford 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 Education
• 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 AL, the home state for Samford University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Elementary School Teachers	23,850	$49,850

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 Sweetmoose6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.