by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 477 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for elementary education students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 29,837 bachelor's degrees in elementary education during the <nil> academic year.
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Your choice of elementary education for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality elementary teaching program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for elementary education students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Elementary Education Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in elementary education. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in elementary education has to look into University of Maryland - College Park. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from University of Maryland - College Park
Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in elementary education needs to take a look at The College of New Jersey. TCNJ is a moderately-sized public college located in the large suburb of Ewing.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from The College of New Jersey
Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in elementary education has to look into University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Indiana University - Bloomington is a great choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in elementary education. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from Indiana University - Bloomington
Located in the large suburb of Newark, UD is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from University of Delaware
Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from Boston College
Located in the large suburb of Lawrenceville, Rider is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from Rider University
Towson is a fairly large public university located in the city of Towson.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from Towson University
Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from Ball State University
NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from New York University
Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from Kansas State University
Temple is a very large public university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from Temple University
Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from East Carolina University
Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from University of Central Florida
NAU is a very large public university located in the small city of Flagstaff.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from Northern Arizona University
Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from Arizona State University - Tempe
Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from University of South Carolina - Columbia
Illinois State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from Illinois State University
Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from University of South Florida - Main Campus
Located in the midsize suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from Clemson University
Appalachian State is a very large public university located in the town of Boone.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from Appalachian State University
Wazzu is a very large public university located in the distant town of Pullman.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from Washington State University
UNI is a moderately-sized public university located in the small city of Cedar Falls.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from University of Northern Iowa
UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Champaign.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Louisiana State University is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.More information about a bachelor’s in elementary education from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
This list represents the remainder of the schools awarded a Best Elementary Education Bachelor's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 20% of the 477 different United States elementary education schools we analyzed.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Elementary Education Bachelor's Degree Schools award.
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