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Elementary Education at Murray State University

Elementary Education at Murray State University

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

Murray State is located in Murray, Kentucky and approximately 9,449 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.

Murray State Elementary Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Murray State Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at Murray 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 Murray State

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

Murray State Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

97% Women
5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 3% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

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About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Murray 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 Murray State University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 56
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 KY, the home state for Murray State University.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Elementary School Teachers 19,150 $53,830

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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