Elementary Education & Teaching
Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Elementary Education & Teaching degree recipients are Millcreek, UT, Phoenix, AZ, and New York, NY. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Elementary Education & Teaching degree recipients are Redwood City, CA, Lebanon, NH, and New Ulm, MN. The most common degree awarded to students studying Elementary Education & Teaching is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Elementary Education & Teaching and the types of students that study this field. Western Governors University awards the most degrees in Elementary Education & Teaching in the US, but Alder Graduate School of Education and Upper Valley Educators Institute have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Elementary Education & Teaching.
Tuition costs for Elementary Education & Teaching majors are, on average, $7,112 for in-state public colleges, and $32,550 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Elementary Education & Teaching programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (650 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (24,452 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Elementary Education & Teaching, is Public, 4-year or above (24,452 completions in 2023).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Elementary Education & Teaching programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Western Governors University has the most Elementary Education & Teaching degree recipients, with 2,805 degrees awarded in 2023.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Elementary Education & Teaching.
Out of all institutions that offer Elementary Education & Teaching programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Alder Graduate School of Education has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Elementary Education & Teaching, with 44.2%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Elementary Education & Teaching by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Education graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Education majors is $66,881 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
The industry that employs the most Education majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing.
The average salary for Education majors is $66,881 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Education majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Education majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Education majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Education majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Education majors working as Elementary & middle school teachers, Special education teachers, and Secondary school teachers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Education majors are Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining, Tool & die makers, and Surgeons.
The number of Education graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.595%, from 5.12M in 2022 to 5.15M in 2023.
The largest single share of Education graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (30.8%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Education by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Education majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and uninformed.
The highest paying industries of Education majors, by average wage, are Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing, Footwear manufacturing, and Petroleum refining.
The number of Education graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.595%, from 5.12M in 2022 to 5.15M in 2023.
The industry which employs the most Education graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Education.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Education majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Education majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Education. The most common ages of employees with this major are 40 and 49 years old, which represent 2.54% and 2.53% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Elementary Education & Teaching are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Education are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Elementary Education & Teaching.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Elementary Education & Teaching for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Elementary Education & Teaching.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Europe that hold Education degrees (3.64 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (53,550 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Elementary Education & Teaching field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Elementary Education & Teaching majors need many skills, but most especially Learning Strategies. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Elementary Education & Teaching majors need more than the average amount of Learning Strategies, Instructing, and Service Orientation.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Elementary Education & Teaching majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Learning Strategies is very distinctive for majors, but the Learning Strategies, Instructing, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.
