Elementary Education at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 96 students received a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from UK.

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.

UK Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

UK Elementary Education Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The elementary teaching major at UK 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	63
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	96
Best Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	401
	531
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	629

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

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

The elementary teaching program at UK awarded 96 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 1% of these degrees went to men with the other 99% going to women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at UK 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 Kentucky with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	84
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UK 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
• College/Postsecondary/University Teaching
• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• Secondary 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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Elementary School Teachers	19,150	$53,830

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.