Elementary Education at Western Governors University

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

WGU is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and has a total student population of 147,866.

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.

WGU Elementary Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at WGU

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? WGU offers distance education options for elementary teaching at the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

WGU Elementary Education Rankings

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at WGU

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

WGU Elementary Education Master’s Program

87% Women

15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of elementary teaching master's degrees went to men and 87% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 8% men graduate in elementary teaching each year. WGU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a elementary teaching master's degree from WGU, 73% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	32
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	80
White	949
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	216

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 UT, the home state for Western Governors University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Elementary School Teachers	11,990	$59,880

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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