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Elementary Education at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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

SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and approximately 12,860 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 61 students received a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from SIUE.

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.

SIUE Elementary Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

SIUE Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at SIUE 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 SIUE 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
Best Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 39
Best Value Elementary Education Schools 69
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools 176
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 344
Best Elementary Education Schools 399
439
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 477
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools 598

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at SIUE

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

SIUE Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

82% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 61 students earned a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from SIUE. About 82% of these graduates were women and the other 18% were men. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at SIUE since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

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About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at SIUE 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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 54
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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

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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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