Most Popular Schools for Elementary Education and Teaching Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the elementary grades, which may include kindergarten through grade eight, depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all elementary education subject matter.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	Western Governors University	1,401	5%	$6,870
2	Grand Canyon University	940	4%	$32,100
3	Liberty University	523	3%	$40,075
4	University of Phoenix-Arizona	401	1%	$10,912
5	Northern Arizona University	399	5%	$27,266
6	University of Central Florida	384	2%	$22,548
7	University of Northern Iowa	258	10%	$20,934
8	Kansas State University	249	5%	$24,923
9	Temple University	236	3%	$33,004
10	Missouri State University-Springfield	233	5%	$21,782
11	Kennesaw State University	224	4%	$25,773
12	Central Washington University	206	7%	$23,201
13	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	201	8%	$19,493
14	Georgia Southwestern State University	201	26%	$19,424
15	Ball State University	200	4%	$24,550
16	East Carolina University	196	3%	$21,672
17	University of West Georgia	194	7%	$24,396
18	Iowa State University	183	2%	$21,186
19	CUNY Brooklyn College	183	5%	$8,604
20	Piedmont College	182	23%	$40,478
21	SUNY Cortland	181	10%	$25,220
22	Brigham Young University-Provo	173	2%	$18,776
23	Oakland University	167	4%	$25,524
24	Appalachian State University	166	4%	$19,194
25	Illinois State University	166	3%	$29,758
26	Concordia University-Portland	165	10%	$44,078
27	Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis	164	2%	$22,537
28	Washington State University	163	2%	$27,484
29	Pittsburg State University	162	10%	$19,902
30	Georgia Southern University	161	3%	$23,014
31	Brigham Young University-Idaho	159	2%	$12,050
32	Utah State University	153	2%	$20,504
33	University of Missouri-St Louis	153	5%	$24,894
34	University of Florida	152	1%	$21,211
35	University of Southern Mississippi	152	5%	$24,048
36	Athens State University	150	19%	N/A
37	Troy University	149	4%	$20,147
38	University of South Florida-Main Campus	149	1%	$23,320
39	The College of New Jersey	146	7%	$34,992
40	Utah Valley University	144	2%	$6,450
41	University of Mississippi	144	3%	$25,436
42	University of Central Missouri	143	4%	$19,953
43	Western Kentucky University	142	3%	$21,840
44	Florida Atlantic University	141	2%	$24,235
45	Saint Mary's College of California	141	12%	$67,168
46	CUNY Queens College	138	4%	$28,907
47	Fort Hays State University	137	4%	$18,048
48	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	137	2%	$23,694
49	The University of Texas at San Antonio	137	2%	$23,715
50	Towson University	136	2%	$26,834
51	Old Dominion University	136	3%	$26,456
52	University of West Alabama	135	12%	$21,841
53	University of South Alabama	134	4%	$21,706
54	Winona State University	133	7%	$21,975
55	University of Delaware	133	2%	$29,342
56	Emporia State University	132	9%	$20,088
57	Mercer University	129	6%	$52,488
58	The University of Alabama	127	2%	$29,872
59	Bridgewater State University	126	5%	$26,811
60	University of the Cumberlands	126	5%	$38,400
61	Long Island University	125	3%	$56,283
62	University of Northern Colorado	124	4%	$25,494
63	University of North Carolina Wilmington	123	3%	$24,982
64	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	123	2%	$22,639
65	University of Wyoming	122	4%	$19,960
66	University of Nebraska at Omaha	121	4%	$22,300
67	Arizona State University-Tempe	119	1%	$28,048
68	Mississippi State University	115	3%	$24,957
69	CUNY Hunter College	115	2%	$22,379
70	State University of New York at New Paltz	115	5%	$25,641
71	University of Kentucky	114	2%	$30,101
72	Indiana University-Bloomington	114	1%	$24,779
73	SUNY Oneonta	113	7%	$25,028
74	University of Nebraska at Kearney	111	8%	$23,040
75	University of Nevada-Reno	111	2%	$25,039
76	Northern Kentucky University	110	4%	$23,244
77	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	108	2%	$24,105
78	Ohio State University-Main Campus	105	1%	$27,367
79	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	104	4%	$19,062
80	Heritage University	104	30%	$18,754
81	Wilmington University	103	2%	$13,010
82	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	103	2%	$24,936
83	Kean University	102	3%	$30,475
84	University of Missouri-Columbia	100	1%	$26,766
85	Valley City State University	100	32%	$18,750
86	William Carey University	99	9%	$22,694
87	Wichita State University	98	3%	$24,042
88	Bemidji State University	98	8%	$20,994
89	University of North Florida	96	2%	$21,384
90	Rider University	96	6%	$62,140
91	SUNY College at Potsdam	96	11%	$24,914
92	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	95	4%	$17,514
93	University of South Carolina-Columbia	95	1%	$28,301
94	National University	95	2%	$15,024
95	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	94	2%	$30,360
96	University of Wisconsin-River Falls	94	7%	$17,937
97	Murray State University	93	4%	$23,472
98	Northwest Missouri State University	93	6%	$19,751
99	Weber State University	92	2%	$20,511
100	Minnesota State University Moorhead	92	6%	$21,996

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Elementary Education and Teaching program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.