Elementary Education at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and approximately 22,311 students attend the school each year.

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.

UNM Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching
• Master’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

UNM Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at UNM 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.

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the elementary teaching majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 8% men. So male students are more repesented at UNM since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities in its elementary teaching bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Mexico - Main Campus with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UNM Elementary Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of elementary teaching master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 8% men graduate in elementary teaching each year. UNM does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 25% more men than average.

In the elementary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 42% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Mexico - Main Campus with a master's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• 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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Elementary School Teachers	7,260	$55,390

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 PerryPlanet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.