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Elementary Education at Wichita State University

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

WSU is located in Wichita, Kansas and approximately 14,999 students attend the school each year. Of the 342 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wichita State University in 2021, 261 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.

WSU Elementary Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

WSU Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at WSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 WSU 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 8
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools 14
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 66
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 218
Best Elementary Education Schools 246

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at WSU

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

WSU Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

91% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 261 students earned a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching from WSU. About 91% of these graduates were women and the other 9% were men.

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About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at WSU 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 Wichita State University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 23
White 217
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

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

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 KS, the home state for Wichita State University.

Occupation Jobs in KS Average Salary in KS
Elementary School Teachers 16,320 $51,020

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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