Elementary Education at University of Maine

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and approximately 11,741 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.

UMaine Elementary Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

UMaine Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at UMaine 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 UMaine

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

UMaine Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

88% Women

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% 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 UMaine since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching at UMaine 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 University of Maine with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 ME, the home state for University of Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Elementary School Teachers	5,390	$53,570

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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