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2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon

8 Ranked Colleges
222 Degrees Awarded
$23,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor's in Oregon

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 40,622 people earned their degree in elementary education, making the major the 19th most popular in the United States.

Across Oregon, there were 382 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 222 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in elementary education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent elementary education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the elementary education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in Oregon

#1

Eastern Oregon University

La Grande, Oregon
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Oregon University landed the #1 spot on the list. Eastern Oregon University is a small school located in La Grande, Oregon that handed out 35 bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

EOU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $14,300 for oregon bachelor’s degree elementary teaching students per year to attend EOU.

Read full report on Elementary Education at EOU

#2

Southern Oregon University

Ashland, Oregon
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Oregon University landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Oregon University is a medium-sized school located in Ashland, Oregon that handed out 57 bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Oregon University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $10,386 for oregon bachelor’s degree elementary teaching students per year to attend Southern Oregon University.

Read more about Elementary Education at Southern Oregon University

#3

Warner Pacific University

Portland, Oregon
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Warner Pacific University landed the #3 spot on the list. Warner Pacific University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Warner Pacific did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $21,733 for oregon bachelor’s degree elementary teaching students per year to attend Warner Pacific University.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Warner Pacific Elementary Education Report

#4

Bushnell University

Eugene, Oregon
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Bushnell University landed the #4 spot on the list. Bushnell University is located in Eugene, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.

Bushnell University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bushnell University is $20,576 for oregon bachelor’s degree elementary teaching students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Elementary Education at Bushnell University

#5

George Fox University

Newberg, Oregon
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, George Fox University landed the #5 spot on the list. George Fox University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Newberg, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our oregon bachelor’s degree elementary teaching students list, GFU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend George Fox University is $30,378 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Elementary Education at George Fox University

#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Linfield University - McMinnville Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon list. Linfield University - McMinnville Campus is a private not-for-profit institution located in McMinnville, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Linfield also took the #1 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $27,951 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students per year to attend Linfield University - McMinnville Campus.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Elementary Education at Linfield University - McMinnville Campus

#7

University of Portland

Portland, Oregon
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, University of Portland did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon list. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

University of Portland not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Portland is $36,464 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Elementary Education at University of Portland

#8

Pacific University

Forest Grove, Oregon
#6 in overall quality

Pacific University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon ranking. Located in Forest Grove, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s elementary teaching students in 2019-2020.

Pacific also took the #6 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pacific University is $29,498 for oregon bachelor’s degree elementary teaching students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Elementary Education at Pacific

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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