Elementary Education at Southern Wesleyan University

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

SWU is located in Central, South Carolina and has a total student population of 1,345. Of the 23 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Wesleyan University in 2021, 6 of them were elementary education majors.

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.

SWU Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

SWU Elementary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks elementary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how SWU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The elementary teaching major at SWU 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	453
	482
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	488
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	547
	567
Best Elementary Education Schools	567
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	671
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	672
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	848

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at SWU

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

SWU Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 elementary teaching students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SWU, about 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at SWU since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at SWU 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 Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Early Childhood Education
• Teacher Development & Methodology

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 SC, the home state for Southern Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Elementary School Teachers	22,530	$51,240

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 Robert Thall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.