Elementary Education at Southern Connecticut State University

If you plan to study elementary education, take a look at what Southern Connecticut State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SCSU is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 9,331 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.

SCSU Elementary Education Degrees Available

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

SCSU Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at SCSU 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 SCSU

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

SCSU Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 8% men. So male students are more repesented at SCSU since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at SCSU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SCSU Elementary Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of elementary teaching master's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 8% men graduate in elementary teaching each year. SCSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 19% more men than average.

Of the students who received a elementary teaching master's degree from SCSU, 91% 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 Southern Connecticut State University with a master's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• 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 CT, the home state for Southern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Elementary School Teachers	16,320	$75,480

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 Southern Connecticut State University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.