Elementary Education at University of Connecticut

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

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 students attend the school each year. Of the 144 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Connecticut in 2021, 44 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.

UCONN Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

UCONN Elementary Education Rankings

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

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 UCONN 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	261
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	650

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 44 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in elementary teaching from UCONN in 2021, 14% were men and 86% were women. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at UCONN since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at UCONN are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Connecticut with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• 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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Elementary School Teachers	16,320	$75,480

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.