Elementary Education at University of Central Arkansas

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

UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and has a total student population of 10,335. Of the 159 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Central Arkansas in 2021, 93 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.

UCA Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

UCA Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at UCA 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 UCA 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 Elementary Education Schools	100
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	178
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	329
	367
Best Elementary Education Schools	375

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at UCA

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

UCA Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

The elementary teaching program at UCA awarded 93 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 1% of these degrees went to men with the other 99% going to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at UCA 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 Central Arkansas with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	71
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UCA 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
• 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 AR, the home state for University of Central Arkansas.

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 Steve Wright Jr. (flickr user: Wright Way Photography) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.