Elementary Education at Troy University

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

TROY is located in Troy, Alabama and approximately 16,497 students attend the school each year. Of the 137 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Troy University in 2021, 74 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.

TROY Elementary Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at TROY

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? TROY offers distance education options for elementary teaching at the following degree levels:

TROY Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at TROY 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 TROY 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 Online Elementary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	10
Most Popular Elementary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	24
Best Value Elementary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	27
	30
Most Focused Elementary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	36
Most Popular Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	49
Most Popular Online Elementary Education Schools	60
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	62
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	98
	153
Best Value Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	172
Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	214
Best Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	244
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	335
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	361
	368
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	471
Best Elementary Education Schools	572

In 2021, 42 students received their master’s degree in elementary teaching from TROY. This makes it the #49 most popular school for elementary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at TROY

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

TROY Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 74 elementary teaching students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from TROY, about 4% were men and 96% were women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at TROY 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 Troy University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	66
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

TROY Elementary Education Master’s Program

Of the 42 students who earned a master's degree in Elementary Education from TROY in 2020-2021, 2% were men and 98% were women.

Of the students who received a elementary teaching master's degree from TROY, 60% 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 Troy University with a master's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

TROY 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
• Secondary Education
• Teacher Education
• Adult & Continuing 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 Troy 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 Mactones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.