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.

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
• Master’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

WMU Elementary Education 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.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical elementary teaching bachelor's degree program is made up of only 8% men. So male students are more repesented at WMU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 83% 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	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

WMU Elementary Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of elementary teaching master's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 8% men graduate in elementary teaching each year. WMU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the elementary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 53% of degree recipients. That is 28% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Michigan University with a master's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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.