Elementary Education at Eastern Oregon University

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

EOU is located in La Grande, Oregon and approximately 2,853 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.

EOU Elementary Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching
Master’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Online Classes Are Available at EOU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? EOU offers distance education options for elementary teaching at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree
Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

EOU Elementary Education Rankings

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at EOU

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

EOU Elementary Education Master’s Program

81% Women

38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of elementary teaching master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 8% men graduate in elementary teaching each year. EOU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

Of the students who received a elementary teaching master's degree from EOU, 62% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the elementary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Oregon University with a master's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	13
International Students	0
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 OR, the home state for Eastern Oregon University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Elementary School Teachers	15,430	$67,910

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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