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Elementary Education at New Mexico Highlands University

Elementary Education at New Mexico Highlands University

What traits are you looking for in a elementary teaching school? To help you decide if New Mexico Highlands University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's elementary teaching program.

New Mexico Highlands University is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico and approximately 2,777 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.

New Mexico Highlands University Elementary Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

New Mexico Highlands University Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at New Mexico Highlands University 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 New Mexico Highlands University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the elementary teaching majors at New Mexico Highlands University.

New Mexico Highlands University Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

86% Women
62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% 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 New Mexico Highlands University since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities in its elementary teaching bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico Highlands 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 17
White 10
International Students 1
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 NM, the home state for New Mexico Highlands University.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
Elementary School Teachers 7,260 $55,390

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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