2025 Best Elementary Education Schools in Tennessee
8Colleges in Tennessee
473Elementary Teaching Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in elementary education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #17 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Elementary Education Schools in Tennessee ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 473 degrees in elementary education to qualified students.
Your choice of elementary education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Elementary Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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Best Schools for Elementary Education in Tennessee
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the elementary teaching degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is difficult to beat Freed-Hardeman University if you wish to pursue a degree in elementary education. Located in the town of Henderson, FHU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #898 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means FHU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 21 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at FHU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in elementary education needs to check out Tennessee Technological University. Tennessee Tech University is a fairly large public university located in the town of Cookeville. This university ranks 19th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 112 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at Tennessee Tech University in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Southern Adventist University if you want to pursue a degree in elementary education. Located in the suburb of Collegedale, Southern Adventist is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #244 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Southern Adventist is a great university overall.
There were about 18 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at Southern Adventist in the most recent data year.
Middle Tennessee State University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in elementary education. Located in the midsize city of Murfreesboro, Middle Tennessee State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 18th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 71 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at Middle Tennessee State University in the most recent data year.
Lee University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Cleveland. A Best Colleges rank of #1008 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Lee University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 42 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at Lee University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Jefferson City, Carson - Newman is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 22nd out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 13 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at Carson - Newman in the most recent year we have data available.
Lipscomb is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #688 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Lipscomb is a great university overall.
There were approximately 18 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at Lipscomb in the most recent data year.
CU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Lebanon. This university ranks 20th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 10 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at CU in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of elementary education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Elementary Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
