Elementary Education at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 133 students received a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from Iowa.

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.

Iowa Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Iowa Elementary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks elementary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how Iowa performed in these rankings.

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 Iowa 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
	188
Most Focused Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	316
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	580

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in elementary teaching from Iowa. This is the #316 most popular school for elementary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Iowa 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 Iowa with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	118
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

• Teacher Education
• 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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Elementary School Teachers	19,040	$54,500

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 KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.