Elementary Education at Western Michigan University

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

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and approximately 19,887 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 26 elementary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from WMU.

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.

WMU Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

WMU Elementary Education Rankings

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

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 WMU 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 Schools	147
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	248
Best Elementary Education Schools	282
Most Popular Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools	316
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	778

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in elementary teaching from WMU. This is the #316 most popular school for elementary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students earned a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from WMU. About 88% of these graduates were women and the other 12% were men. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at WMU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at WMU 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 Michigan University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Secondary Education
• Teacher Education
• 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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Elementary School Teachers	38,330	$66,180

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.