Elementary Education at University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras

Every elementary education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the elementary teaching program at University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras stacks up to those at other schools.

UPR Rio Piedras is located in San Juan, Puerto Rico and has a total student population of 13,892. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 students received a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from UPR Rio Piedras.

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.

UPR Rio Piedras Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

UPR Rio Piedras Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at UPR Rio Piedras 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 UPR Rio Piedras 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	163
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	211
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	401
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	501

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at UPR Rio Piedras

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the elementary teaching majors at University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras.

UPR Rio Piedras Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 students earned a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from UPR Rio Piedras. About 89% of these graduates were women and the other 11% were men. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at UPR Rio Piedras since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 56% 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 Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

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

Related Majors

• Secondary Education
• Early Childhood 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 PR, the home state for University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras.

Occupation	Jobs in PR	Average Salary in PR

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 Osvaldo Ocasio under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.