Elementary Education at Purdue University Northwest
Purdue Northwest is located in Hammond, Indiana and approximately 9,363 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.
Purdue Northwest Elementary Education Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching
Purdue Northwest Elementary Education Rankings
The elementary teaching major at Purdue Northwest 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 Purdue Northwest
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the elementary teaching majors at Purdue University Northwest.
Purdue Northwest Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program
About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at Purdue Northwest are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Purdue University Northwest with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 3 |
Hispanic or Latino | 9 |
White | 42 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Related Majors
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 IN, the home state for Purdue University Northwest.
Occupation | Jobs in IN | Average Salary in IN |
---|---|---|
Elementary School Teachers | 26,520 | $52,360 |
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.