Elementary Education at University of Wisconsin - Madison

If you plan to study elementary education, take a look at what University of Wisconsin - Madison has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 44,640. Of the 229 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2021, 105 of them were elementary education majors.

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.

UW - Madison Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

UW - Madison Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at UW - Madison 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 UW - Madison 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	21
Best Elementary Education Schools	28
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	85
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	397
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	756

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at UW - Madison

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

UW - Madison Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 105 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in elementary teaching from UW - Madison in 2021, 4% were men and 96% were women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at UW - Madison are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	76
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Elementary School Teachers	27,280	$56,770

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 Czar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.