Elementary Education at University of Illinois at Chicago

Every elementary education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the elementary teaching program at University of Illinois at Chicago stacks up to those at other schools.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 33,518. In 2021, 49 elementary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from UIC.

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.

UIC Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

UIC Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at UIC 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 UIC 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
	18
	21
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
Best Elementary Education Schools	42
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	184
Best Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	189
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	270
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	766
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	945

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 49 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from UIC in 2020-2021, 12% were men and 88% were women. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at UIC since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% 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 Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UIC 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

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Elementary School Teachers	65,630	$62,140

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 Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.