Elementary Education at Upper Iowa University

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

UIU is located in Fayette, Iowa and approximately 3,610 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 89 students received a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from UIU.

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.

UIU Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

UIU Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at UIU 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 UIU 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	75
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	81
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	111
	251
	283
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	328
Best Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	477
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	606

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at UIU

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

UIU Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 89 elementary teaching students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UIU, about 9% were men and 91% were women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at UIU 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 Upper Iowa University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	79
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• 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 IA, the home state for Upper Iowa University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Elementary School Teachers	19,040	$54,500

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 SheilaJMiller under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.