Elementary Education at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

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

UAFS is located in Fort Smith, Arkansas and approximately 5,887 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students received a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from UAFS.

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.

UAFS Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

UAFS Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at UAFS compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The elementary teaching major at UAFS 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	124
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	182
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	253
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	327
	378
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	384
	448
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	482
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	523
Best Elementary Education Schools	604

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at UAFS

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

UAFS Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 34 elementary teaching students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UAFS, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at UAFS 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 University of Arkansas - Fort Smith with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• 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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas - Fort Smith.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Elementary School Teachers	12,400	$48,560

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 University of Arkansas - Fort Smith under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.