Elementary Education at Arizona Western College

If you plan to study elementary education, take a look at what Arizona Western College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

AWC is located in Yuma, Arizona and has a total student population of 6,487.

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.

AWC Elementary Education Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

AWC Elementary Education Rankings

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at AWC

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

AWC Elementary Education Associate’s Program

88% Women

82% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of elementary teaching associate's degrees went to men and 88% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in elementary teaching only graduates about 8% men each year. The program at AWC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

AWC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in elementary teaching graduates 58% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 AZ, the home state for Arizona Western College.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Elementary School Teachers	22,510	$44,430

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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