Palm Beach Atlantic University

Yes! PBA is an interdenominational Christian university, so we accept students from all different faith backgrounds, including students with no faith background. however students who don't identify as Christian aren't exempt from PBA's chapel requirement of 24 chapels a year, and 3 faith based classes included in the general education requirements for all majors.

Our Elementary Education program focuses and giving students real-life teaching experiences in diverse settings, and we offer an ESOL component and encourage students to teach abroad as we value experiential learning! Elementary ed students will do at least one full year of student-teaching with many opportunities close to campus, and they can also do a "Dream Semester" and teach anywhere in the world. We also offer a scholarship just for elementary ed majors!