Elementary Education at University of Missouri - Columbia

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

Mizzou is located in Columbia, Missouri and approximately 31,089 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 84 elementary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from Mizzou.

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.

Mizzou Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Mizzou Elementary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks elementary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how Mizzou 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 Mizzou 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	120
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	173
	454
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	678

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Mizzou

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

Mizzou Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 84 students earned a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from Mizzou. About 92% of these graduates were women and the other 8% were men.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Mizzou 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 Missouri - Columbia with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	74
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Mizzou 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
• 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 MO, the home state for University of Missouri - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Elementary School Teachers	25,670	$49,860

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 Adam Procter under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.