Elementary Education at University of North Carolina at Pembroke

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

UNC Pembroke is located in Pembroke, North Carolina and approximately 8,262 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students received a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from UNC Pembroke.

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.

UNC Pembroke Elementary Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UNC Pembroke

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UNC Pembroke offers distance education options for elementary teaching at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UNC Pembroke Elementary Education Rankings

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

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 UNC Pembroke 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 Master’s Degree Schools	144
	204
Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	210
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	256
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	267
	381
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	494
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	495
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	513
Best Elementary Education Schools	585

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in elementary teaching from UNC Pembroke. This makes it the #144 most popular school for elementary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at UNC Pembroke

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

UNC Pembroke Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 32 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from UNC Pembroke in 2020-2021, 6% were men and 94% were women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at UNC Pembroke are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 North Carolina at Pembroke with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UNC Pembroke Elementary Education Master’s Program

Of the 13 elementary teaching students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UNC Pembroke, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a elementary teaching master's degree from UNC Pembroke, 62% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the elementary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Pembroke with a master's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching
• Teacher Development & Methodology

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Elementary School Teachers	40,830	$46,500

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 Jopparn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.