Elementary Education at University of Central Florida

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

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and has a total student population of 71,881.

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.

UCF Elementary Education Degrees Available

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

UCF Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at UCF 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.

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at UCF

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

UCF Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 5% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at UCF are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its elementary teaching bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Florida with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	69
White	157
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UCF Elementary Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of elementary teaching master's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

Of the students who received a elementary teaching master's degree from UCF, 58% 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 42% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Florida with a master's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Teacher Education
• Teacher Development & Methodology
• Secondary Education
• 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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Elementary School Teachers	75,750	$50,070

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.