Elementary Education at Wayne State College

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 Wayne State College stacks up to those at other schools.

WSC is located in Wayne, Nebraska and has a total student population of 4,202. Of the 162 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wayne State College in 2021, 64 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.

WSC Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

WSC Elementary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks elementary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how WSC performed in these rankings.

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 WSC 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 Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	10
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	166
Best Elementary Education Schools	184
	421

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at WSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the elementary teaching majors at Wayne State College.

WSC Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 64 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from WSC in 2020-2021, 9% were men and 91% were women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at WSC 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 Wayne State College with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	57
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• 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 NE, the home state for Wayne State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Elementary School Teachers	9,920	$57,490

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.