Elementary Education at University of Wyoming

What traits are you looking for in a elementary teaching school? To help you decide if University of Wyoming is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's elementary teaching program.

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and approximately 11,829 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 107 students received a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from UW.

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 Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

UW Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at UW 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 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
	7
Best Value Elementary Education Graduate Certificate Schools	12
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Best Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	105
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	125
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	251
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	327

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at UW

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

UW Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 107 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from UW. About 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 since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at UW 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 Wyoming with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	80
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

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

Related Majors

• Online Educator/Online Teaching
• 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 WY, the home state for University of Wyoming.

Occupation	Jobs in WY	Average Salary in WY
Elementary School Teachers	2,600	$58,940

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 ProgWork1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.