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Elementary Education at Western Carolina University

Elementary Education at Western Carolina University

If you are interested in studying elementary education, you may want to check out the program at Western Carolina University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and approximately 12,243 students attend the school each year.

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.

WCU Elementary Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

WCU Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at WCU 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.

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at WCU

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

WCU Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

98% Women
12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 2% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 98% went to women.

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About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at WCU 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 Western Carolina University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 50
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 NC, the home state for Western Carolina University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Elementary School Teachers 40,830 $46,500

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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