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Elementary Education at Illinois State University

Elementary Education at Illinois State University

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

Illinois State is located in Normal, Illinois and has a total student population of 20,720.

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.

Illinois State Elementary Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Illinois State Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at Illinois State 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 Illinois State

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

Illinois State Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

95% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 5% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 34
White 240
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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 IL, the home state for Illinois State University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Elementary School Teachers 65,630 $62,140

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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