Elementary Education at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

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

UW - Whitewater is located in Whitewater, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 11,989. In 2021, 121 elementary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from UW - Whitewater.

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 - Whitewater Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

UW - Whitewater Elementary Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The elementary teaching major at UW - Whitewater 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	40
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	67
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	91
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	105
Best Elementary Education Schools	125
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	198
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	258
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	276

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at UW - Whitewater

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

UW - Whitewater Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 121 elementary teaching majors earned their bachelor's degree from UW - Whitewater. Of these graduates, 12% were men and 88% were women. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at UW - Whitewater since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at UW - Whitewater 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 Wisconsin - Whitewater with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	110
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UW - Whitewater 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 Development & Methodology
• 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Whitewater.

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 Thebox193 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.