Social Studies Education at Baylor University

If you are interested in studying social studies education, you may want to check out the program at Baylor University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and has a total student population of 19,297. Of the 133 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University in 2021, 9 of them were social studies education majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Social Studies Education section at the bottom of this page.

Baylor Social Studies Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies Teacher Education

Baylor Social Studies Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social studies teacher education programs across the country. The following shows how Baylor performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social studies teacher education major at Baylor is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Studies Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
	4
	4
Best Social Studies Education Schools	4
Most Popular Social Studies Education Schools	77
Best Value Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	104
Best Value Social Studies Education Schools	134
Most Focused Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	160
Most Focused Social Studies Education Schools	188

Social Studies Teacher Education Student Demographics at Baylor

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social studies teacher education majors at Baylor University.

Baylor Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in social studies teacher education from Baylor in 2021, 22% were men and 78% were women. The typical social studies teacher education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Baylor since its program graduates 35% more women than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social studies teacher education at Baylor are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Baylor University with a bachelor's in social studies teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Baylor also has a doctoral program available in social studies teacher education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education
• Biology Education
• Chemistry Education
• Spanish Education
• Mathematics Education

Careers That Social Studies Teacher Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in social studies teacher education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Baylor University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Middle School Teachers	66,470	$56,580
Education Professors	4,620	$65,520
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	510	$65,060

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Kairos14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.