Elementary Education at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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

UNL is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and has a total student population of 25,108. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 100 students received a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from UNL.

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.

UNL Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

UNL Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at UNL compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UNL 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
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	42
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	91
	179

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at UNL

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

UNL Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 100 elementary teaching students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UNL, about 11% were men and 89% were women. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at UNL since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at UNL 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 Nebraska - Lincoln with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	92
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UNL 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

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 NE, the home state for University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Elementary School Teachers	9,920	$57,490

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 (NONE LISTED, JUST A WEBSITE) www.mawhamba.net under License

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