Elementary Education at University of Maine

If you are interested in studying elementary education, you may want to check out the program at University of Maine. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and has a total student population of 11,741. Of the 157 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Maine in 2021, 48 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.

UMaine Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

UMaine Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at UMaine 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 UMaine 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	59
Most Focused Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	316
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	614
Best Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	642
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	753

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

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at UMaine

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

UMaine Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 48 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in elementary teaching from UMaine in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at UMaine since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at UMaine 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 Maine with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods
• Early Childhood Education
• 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 ME, the home state for University of Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Elementary School Teachers	5,390	$53,570

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 Jalnet2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.