Elementary Education at Illinois Wesleyan University

20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Illinois Wesleyan is located in Bloomington, Illinois and approximately 1,636 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.

Illinois Wesleyan Elementary Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Illinois Wesleyan Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at Illinois Wesleyan 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 Wesleyan

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

Illinois Wesleyan Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

80% Women

20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% 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 Illinois Wesleyan since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Illinois Wesleyan 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 Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Secondary 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 IL, the home state for Illinois Wesleyan 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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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